Inspiration
We were all keen to work on drones and to control its movement with hand gestures. The android app was a way to utilize our skills to meet our objectives.
How it works
The shaking of the android device fires up the drone. Thereon, the device works as a joystick to control the movement and the elevation of the drone can be changed using the buttons on the application screen.
Challenges I ran into
The drone was hard to work with mainly because after an hour and a half of charging it, the battery only lasted for less than 8 minutes. This meant that we could only test it a limited number of times, and had to be certain of our code. We couldnt afford to make careless mistakes.
Accomplishments that I'm proud of
We are proud of how we have managed to control the drone. When we started working on it, the drones movements were unpredictable to say the least.
What I learned
We learned to program without having the luxury to test as you please. In addition to this, we polished our understanding of android development.
What's next for burrito
Maybe more polishing and open source distribution.
Built With
- android-studio
- drone-api
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