The document discusses the development of drone applications using Python and the DroneKit framework, highlighting the significance of drones in various industries. Dony Riyanto emphasizes the technological advancements in drone technology and provides a detailed guide on setting up and using DroneKit for various purposes, including military and agricultural applications. The presentation also outlines integration possibilities and personal projects related to drone technology.

1. PyCon ID
2018
Enhancing Drone Application
Development using Python and
Dronekit.io
Dony Riyanto
• Application Section Head of World UAV Federation (WUAVF) chapter Indonesia
• Initiator of “Asosiasi Sistem dan Technologi Tanpa Awak” - ASTTA
National Unmanned System & Technology Association
• Founder of 4Drone Asia
• Founder of Xentinel Indonesia (homeland security & cyber security)
• CTO of Meeber Technology Indonesia (PT)

2. Why drone?
It's a “tomorrow's
technology today”
It's implemented
from now for at
least to 5-10 years
next and more
It is always on Gartner's Emerging Technology Hype Cycle 2017-2018 report
It's becoming an
innovation trigger
sooner, even faster
and better than IoT

3. Why drone?
• Everybody talks about it:
• Computer Electronic Show (CES Last vegas)
• Gartners Emerging and Technology Trends
• Industry
• Military
• Photography/Videography

4. Drone is result of complex skill combination
• Electronics science
• Mechanical science
• Control System science
• Aeronautics science
• Computer science
• Computer Imaging/Vision
• Informatics science
• Geographics / Geoinformatics science
• Data science
• Design science
• Agriculture technology
• Military technology
• many more
people think about this
but the best portion is there

5. How drone works?

6. How drone works? (jokes)

7. How drone moves?

8. How drone moves?

9. That's all? No. Fix wings also a drone

10. A Predator is also a drone

11. Even Boeing develops drone
• Boeing Phantom Eye. Cute right?

12. It's much bigger than ur though

13. Even boat, ROV, AGV is drone

14. James Gosling (java father) also make drone

17. Deep Condolence
of Lion JT610
Salute to Syachrul Anto
a Real Super Hero

18. Enough about drone. So why Python?
• About 5-7 years ago, theres a popular drone named
AR Drone
• Made by a French company, Parrot
• They made SDK for its drone with C++
• But a Javascript communities made a conference
back in 2012-2015, to make drone application easier
• Nodecopter (nodecopter.com) published an SDK that
make javascript programmers can control their own
drone and make many application
• But, Parrot doen't make it
• Goodbye Parrot

19. DIYdrone continue to make progress
• Chris Anderson (former 'The Economist' writer, former Editor in Chief of
'Wired Managize') initiate diydrones.com.
• Co-founding so called Ardupilot (or APM), a simple made drone flight
controller with Arduino
• And then he started a company, 3D Robotics (3DR) (also failed...)
• Involved the next-gen FC, the so called Pixhawk
• And continues as founder and chairman of the Linux Foundation's Dronecode
Project, with help of some biggest tech company including Intel

20. Oh, BTW...Intel make a beautiful drone swarm

21. dronecode founded

22. dronecode

23. dronekit and pymavlink
made with python

24. Diagram
Main Ground Control Apps
Your own GC Apps
MavProxy
(python)
dronekit library
pymavlink library
Telemetry device
Radio Remote
Control
Image Proccessing/Algo.
BIM integration.
Video processing.
AI / CV / ML / DL
Big Data
Autopilot
embedded
PC with apps
Wifi/Telemetry
RTK application
Simulator

25. Let's get started

26. Unfortunely (we need you guys)

27. Install dronekit-sitl

28. Install dronekit-sitl (contd.)

29. Install a Ground Controller

30. Install a Ground Controller (contd.)

31. Install a Ground Controller (contd.)

32. Install mavproxy

33. Install mavproxy (contd.)

34. Install mavproxy (contd.)

35. Install mavproxy (contd.)

36. Additional, install jmavsim

37. Install jmavsim (contd.)

38. Install jmavsim (contd.)

39. Or, you can connecting it with Microsoft AirSim
Microsoft
drone (and github) :D

40. Alright, connecting...
1. Run dronekit-sitl
2. Run mavproxy on opened port and define proxy port
3. Run main ground control (e.g QGroundControl)
4. An extra port will be opened from mavproxy
5. Open your favorit Python IDE
6. Code...

41. Running dronekit-sitl

42. Running mavproxy

43. Run and settingup QGroundControl

44. Code

45. A simple 'Go To' example

46. The code libraries
arming
taking off
check altitude and fly to

47. Running the example

48. Yeay, I've made my first drone apps!

49. What's next?
Objective?
• Military purpose
• Agriculture purpose
• Homeland security purpose
• High-risk Inspection purpose
• GIS/Mapping purpose
• etc
Integration?
• ROS Robotic Operating System
• FlightGear
• AI (follow me, follow object, etc)
• Redudancy (switching FC)
• Integration to Map Server / library
• DashWare (OSD)
• Swarming
• Distance Piloting
• Autonomous level 2 to 5
• Onboard realtime processing
• Indoor mapping
• Web based GCS
• etc
Vehicle?
• Military Target Drone
• Special purpose drone (remote sensing)
• ROV
• Rover
• AGV
• Boat

50. My Poject: TDLT
• Target Drone Laser Trainer

51. Target Drone Laser Trainer
Attitude status
Gunnary status Missed Distance Indicator
Enemy flying object position

52. Target Drone Laser Trainer

53. Target Drone Laser Trainer

54. Target Drone Laser Trainer
Made with:
• Python (of course)
• Libraries: dronekit, pymavlink, mavelous
• Lot and lot of codes

55. About Me
My name is Dony Riyanto, and
I would like to learn any
technology I could.
Please contact me via:
Whatsapp +62 896 9109 8829
Telegram @donyriyanto
Slideshare:
slideshare.net/donyriyanto
Email:
dony.riyanto@xentinel.net

56. Thank You