UAV Quadcopter Drone - Face Tracking

Created by Parsawit Deshwattanatham and Jessakorn Paopatimakorn under supervision of Professor Dr.Eng.Ryo TANAKA

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Required Libraries

• pyqt5 pip install pyqt5
• pynput pip install pynput
• numpy pip install numpy
• cv2 pip install cv2
• djitellopypip install djitellopy
• threading pip install threading

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Content

• Setting Up Guide
• Drone Controller GUI guide
• Auto Mode Instruction
• Manual Mode Instruction
• Miscellaneous

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Instruction on how to use script.

Setting Up Guide Video : Youtube Link

1.) Download final_v6.zip

2.) Extract final_v6.zip

*** Note : Please put everything in same folder.

3.) Add Final_v6 folder into Exclusion of Window Defenders

• how to add folder to exclusion list --> Click here

*** Note : We use keylogging method to grab keyboard input to control the drone. ***

4.) Turn on Tello drone and connect to Tello drone.

5.) run main.py on any IDE.

6.) GUI will be shown right after script ran

*** IMPORTANT : TELLO DRONE MUST BE CONNECTED TO PC BEFORE RUNNING, OTHERWISE ERROR WILL OCCOURED.

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Drone Controller GUI guide

• Battery and Temperature are displayed on top-right of the GUI.

• Keymapping of Keyboard Control on Manual Mode.

• Drone Speed Modifier on Manual Mode(50 / 75 / 100).

• Global Control of both Auto and Manual Mode.

• Safety Policy Check, Must be checked in order to connect to the drone.

• Control Method, Choose the way to control the drone (Default is Auto Mode).

• Auto Take Off and Auto Landing, This only work on Auto Mode.

• Connect Drone Button, Use this to connect to drone with selected mode.

• All drone information are shown on this section.

• Drone Camera when connected are show in this section.

• To fully kill the process, you MUST kill the terminal.

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Auto Mode Instruction

• Connect to tello drone and run main.py

• Safety Check Policy must be all checked, then press connect.

• After camera are shown, click "Auto Mode Take Off / Landing" to take off

• After Drone take off, center your face at the middle of the drone camera and it will start tracking.

• To land the drone, click "Auto Mode Take Off / Landing" again to land.

• To disconnect drone, click "Connect" button again to disconnect.

• To fully kill the process, you MUST kill the terminal.

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Manual Mode Instruction

• Connect to tello drone and run main.py

• Safety Check Policy must be all checked.

• Select Manual Mode.

• Click "Connect" button to connect to the drone.

• After Connected, Use Keyboard to Control the drone. The Keymapping is shown in GUI.

• To fully kill the process, you MUST kill the terminal.

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Miscellaneous

• After Captured pictures, the photo will be stored on 'Captured/'.