Tellocv tracker

Tracking code for the Tello drone. It uses opencv and tellopy to identify a ball in the scene and then send commands to the drone. It is written in python3 and

Installation

You need to have opencv installed and the following python modules for the tello and cv2: apt

sudo apt install sudo libopencv-dev python3-opencv

pip3:

sudo pip3 install imutils pynput

you need to build tellopy from source as the : Or install from the source code.

git clone https://github.com/hanyazou/TelloPy
cd TelloPy
python setup.py bdist_wheel
pip install dist/tellopy-*.dev*.whl --upgrade

Flight rules

Although tellos are very safe to operate, wear safety glasses as an added precaution
Do not fly over people
Memorize the controls before taking off
Always be ready to land the drone (backspace)
If the program crashes restart it to regain control
if drone is going out of control just hit it and it will turn off.

Tello lights

flashing blue - charging
solid blue - charged
flashing purple - booting up
flashing yellow fast - wifi network set up, waiting for connection
flashing yellow - User connected

Recording a video

hit r to record a video it is output to /Pictures