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Abstract: For this research the AR Drone quadrotor by Parrot was reverse
engineered to work with the graphical programming environment LabVIEW in an attempt to
create a low cost, easy to use, entry level aerial robotics platform for students,
educators, and researchers. The result of this work is the AR Drone LabVIEW Toolkit. The
Parrot AR Drone is a low-cost consumer oriented quadrotor equipp... read moreed with video cameras and
WiFi communication. The AR Drone LabVIEW Toolkit can maneuver the AR Drone, read data from
its on-board sensors, decode the video stream from the two cameras, and analyze the video
frames with a variety of included image processing algorithms. This thesis consist of a
discussion of how the AR Drone LabVIEW Toolkit functions followed by demonstrations of some
sophisticated autonomous behaviors programmed for the AR Drone and an evaluation of the AR
Drone LabVIEW Toolkit based on classroom testing and educator testimonial.
Thesis (M.S.)--Tufts University, 2012.
Submitted to the Dept. of Mechanical Engineering.
Advisor: Chris Rogers.
Committee: Jason Rife, and Matthias Scheutz.
Keywords: Robotics, Education, and Mechanical engineering.read less
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