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Mission planner - Control over the internet

Posted by Mario Vasconcelos on April 24, 2014 at 8:34am

Hi guys,

I'm working on a project to create a wildlife protection network (which will become a NPO if technical/financial issues are not prohibitive) where drones play one of the most important roles, but I need the drones to be controlled via the internet (although there will always be a pilot on-site). This is to allow for students/people from all over the world to participate.

Is this feasable?

Thanks in advance for your feedback.

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        Bill Piedra June 18, 2014 at 12:29pm
        
        I'm actually using that as a guide as well, and have made pretty good progress so far. The ground station is just a laptop tethered to my phone.
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      Bill Piedra > Alexey Dobrovolskiy June 18, 2014 at 7:31am
      
      I saw your product at AUVSI. We stopped by your booth twice I think. Do you remember? I was with a young guy who films Yacht races. We're now collaborating on a new system.
      
      http://www.pigeonvision.biz/
      - Alexey Dobrovolskiy > Bill Piedra June 18, 2014 at 3:06pm
        
        Hi Bill,
        
        yes, I think i remember you - but we did about 120 demonstration of UgCS in 3 days...
        
        footages from pegionvision are wonderful!
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Bill Piedra June 17, 2014 at 10:36pm

I'm working on this as well, using Raspberry Pi, a 4G LTE Modem and Pixhawk. We're also very interested in Drone Deploy and met with them at the AUVSI Show in Orlando in May.

I'd be happy to answer any questions might have.
Stephen Gloor June 17, 2014 at 5:39pm

There are a couple of ways to do this however most of them involve an on-board computer running MavProxy.

Basically the idea is to have a 3G connection to the UAV and then use MavProxy to send the telemetry data out the 3G connection to a ground station. You can use a 3G Serial Modem however I have found the onboard computer and 3G USB modem to be better. You do need a 3G sim with a routable IP address at the ground station.

I have got MavProxy to work over WiFi and 3G if you would like more information. You do need a basic level of Linux to really get it working.
Jethro Hazelhurst June 17, 2014 at 11:12am

Also check out https://www.dronedeploy.com/

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  - Jethro Hazelhurst June 17, 2014 at 1:58pm
    
    I am not sure, best would probably to send them an email... but if you are interested check out their presentation at the sUAS expo a couple of weeks ago: http://youtu.be/XhuWwIz1LqE?t=3h33m49s
    
    This is where things are heading so it is a worthy endeavor!
Tyrell John June 17, 2014 at 10:30am

Hi Mario...I'm working on this with Project Arrow. You welcome to join and I will show you what I've done so far.
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  - Tyrell John June 17, 2014 at 12:55pm
    
    Here is the project page. http://mrt247.wix.com/project-arrow the UAV has an on board PC since there will be a lot of programs and processing taking place. I will also need to send back a lot of digital media which could be multiple cameras and photos etc all on one signal. So I will be looking to use a fairly powerful wireless Ethernet bridge to get all the data back. Even the controls will be over the wireless bridge. The UAV's on-board PC will run a program to control a micro controller for real time flight which u can access over the internet and control with your keyboard and mouse...I've been doing tests on the setup and it works...BUT. there is about a 1 second delay between my inputs and the eventual response on the other end.