Course_Drones_Unit0.ipynb

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    "# Programming Drones"
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    "## Unit 0: Introduction to the Course"
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    "<p style=\"background:green;color:white;\">SUMMARY</p>"
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    "Estimated time to completion: <b>10 minutes</b><br><br>\n",
    "This unit is an introduction to the Programming Drones Course. You'll have a quick preview of the contents that you are going to cover during the course, and you will also view a practical demo."
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    "<p style=\"background:green;color:white;\">END OF SUMMARY</p>"
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   "source": [
    "## What's this course about?"
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    "The **Drones** market is increasing exponentially each year, and so is the number of people that use and work with drones. In the past year alone, drones have delivered books, medical supplies, pizza, burritos, and even a nearly full case of cold beer! Companies like Amazon are beginning to tackle the technical and logistical questions associated with delivery by flying robot. Many startups have come to life in the last few years, and they are related to drones. My cousin is even working on a project to bring drones to farms!\n",
    "\n",
    "So... what do you think? Are drones the future? I don't think so. I think drones are the present!"
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    "But... how many of the people that use drones really know how to work with them? How to develop applications for them? How to read the data from their sensors and apply it?"
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    "In the following course, we want to show you how to work with drones from the inside. How to get the knowledge you need in order to start developing applications for drones, using all of their potential."
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    "## Do you want to have a taste?"
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    "With the proper introductions made, it is time to actually start. And... as we always do in the Robot Ignite Academy, let's start with practice! In the following example, you will be testing a drone simulation. So... let's go!"
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    "<p style=\"background:#EE9023;color:white;\">Demo 1.1</p>\n",
    "<br>\n",
    "\n",
    "a) Execute the following command in order to start the program to control the drone."
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    "rosrun custom_teleop teleop_twist_keyboard.py"
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    "Now, the drone in the simulation is ready to receive commands from the keyboard! Below, you can have a look at the most important keys you can use in order to control the drone:"
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    "<img src=\"img/keyboard.png\" width=\"600\" />"
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    "        <img src=\"img/key_1.png\"width=\"40\"></img>\n",
    "        \n",
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    "    <th>\n",
    "    <p style=\"text-align: center;\">Takeoff</p>\n",
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    "Now you can just play around with the drone!"
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    "<img src=\"img/drone_keyboard.gif\" width=\"800\" />"
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    "<p style=\"background:#EE9023;color:white;\">End of Demo 1.1</p>"
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    "<p style=\"background:#EE9023;color:white;\">Demo 1.2</p>\n",
    "<br>\n",
    "\n",
    "a) Execute the following command in order to make the drone perform a predefined square motion."
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    "rosrun drone_demo square_move.py"
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    "Now, the drone in the simulation will make a square movement, as shown below:"
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    "<img src=\"img/drone_square.gif\" width=\"800\" />"
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    "<p style=\"background:#EE9023;color:white;\">End of Demo 1.2</p>"
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    "## What will you learn with this Course?"
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    "Basically, during this course, you will address the following topics:\n",
    "\n",
    "* Basic Control of a drone.\n",
    "* Drone Exploration\n",
    "* Drone Navigation\n",
    "* Simulation In The Loop"
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    "## How will you learn it?"
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   "source": [
    "You will learn through hands on experience from day one! You will be using the Parrot AR Drone in different environments."
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    "**Parrot AR Drone**:"
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    "<img src=\"img/parrot_drone.png\" width=\"600\" />"
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    "## Minimum requirements for the Course"
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    "In order to be able to fully understand the contents of this course, it is highly recommended that you have the following knowledge:\n",
    "\n",
    "* Basic ROS. You can get this knowledge by following the **ROS in 5 Days** Course.\n",
    "* Basic Python.\n",
    "* Basic Unix shell knowledge.\n",
    "* Other courses that are related to this one are the **ROS Navigation in 5 Days** and the **ROS Perception in 5 Days** courses."
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    "## Special Thanks"
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   "source": [
    "* To <a href=\"https://www.parrot.com/\" target=\"_blank\">Parrot</a>, who developed the awesome AR Drone."
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    "<img src=\"img/Parrot_logo.png\" width=\"400\" />"
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    "* To the <a href=\"http://en.sjtu.edu.cn\" target=\"_blank\">Shanghai Jiao Tong University</a>, who developed the <a href=\"https://bitbucket.org/dannis/sjtu_drone\" target=\"_blank\">sjtu_drone</a> simulation. "
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    "* This course wouldn't have been possible without the knowledge and work of the <a href=\"http://www.ros.org/\">ROS Community</a>, <a href=\"https://www.osrfoundation.org/\">OSRF</a>, and <a href=\"http://gazebosim.org/\">Gazebo Team</a>."
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