On 15 May 2012 02:53, Gareth Roberts
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Hi Regius,
We had a BEng student just finish a similar project.
Have you considered a Parrotdrone? Cheap, stable, and you can get it off Amazon. SDK is a PITA to install but works once you have.
The fact that you have Labview involved in the software stack concerns me on many levels.
* Labview doesn't run on Linux (at least not properly) which rules out Paparazzi
* The first 50% of everything seems really easy, and the last 50% is absolutely impossible or a massive unmaintainable mess
* Do you have experience with Labview and serial communications? Have you tried it yet? It's just...it's unholy
Personally I'd use SimpleCV + Python + FreeNect/OpenNI drivers + Parrot Drone & Parrot SDK.
Heck, there's a .NET port of the Parrotdrone SDK - you could use the Windows Kinect SDK, which gives you the pose data for free.
You don't need 90% of what most open source quadrotors can do. I presume you want something that stays where you put it and that you can tell to move around.
That's something a parrotdrone does very well. If you need to work outdoors, navigate or do anything more complex - it's not such a good choice.
Cheers,
--G