-- command a Copter to takeoff to 10m and fly a square pattern -- -- CAUTION: This script only works for Copter -- this script waits for the vehicle to be armed and RC6 input > 1800 and then: -- a) switches to Guided mode -- b) takeoff to 10m -- c) flies a 20m x 20m square pattern using the velocity controller -- d) switches to RTL mode local takeoff_alt_above_home = 10 local copter_guided_mode_num = 4 local copter_rtl_mode_num = 6 local stage = 0 local bottom_left_loc -- vehicle location when starting square local square_side_length = 20 -- length of each side of square -- the main update function that uses the takeoff and velocity controllers to fly a rough square pattern function update() if not arming:is_armed() then -- reset state when disarmed stage = 0 else pwm6 = rc:get_pwm(6) if pwm6 and pwm6 > 1800 then -- check if RC7 input has moved high if (stage == 0) then -- change to guided mode if (vehicle:set_mode(copter_guided_mode_num)) then -- change to Guided mode stage = stage + 1 end elseif (stage == 1) then -- Stage1: takeoff if (vehicle:start_takeoff(takeoff_alt_above_home)) then stage = stage + 1 end elseif (stage == 2) then -- Stage2: check if vehicle has reached target altitude local home = ahrs:get_home() local curr_loc = ahrs:get_position() if home and curr_loc then local vec_from_home = home:get_distance_NED(curr_loc) gcs:send_text(0, "alt above home: " .. tostring(math.floor(-vec_from_home:z()))) if (math.abs(takeoff_alt_above_home + vec_from_home:z()) < 1) then stage = stage + 1 bottom_left_loc = curr_loc -- record location when starting square end end elseif (stage >= 3 and stage <= 6) then -- fly a square using velocity controller local curr_loc = ahrs:get_position() local target_vel = Vector3f() -- create velocity vector if (bottom_left_loc and curr_loc) then local dist_NE = bottom_left_loc:get_distance_NE(curr_loc) -- Stage3 : fly North at 2m/s if (stage == 3) then target_vel:x(2) if (dist_NE:x() >= square_side_length) then stage = stage + 1 end end -- Stage4 : fly East at 2m/s if (stage == 4) then target_vel:y(2) if (dist_NE:y() >= square_side_length) then stage = stage + 1 end end -- Stage5 : fly South at 2m/s if (stage == 5) then target_vel:x(-2) if (dist_NE:x() <= 2) then stage = stage + 1 end end -- Stage6 : fly West at 2m/s if (stage == 6) then target_vel:y(-2) if (dist_NE:y() <= 2) then stage = stage + 1 end end -- send velocity request if (vehicle:set_target_velocity_NED(target_vel)) then -- send target velocity to vehicle gcs:send_text(0, "pos:" .. tostring(math.floor(dist_NE:x())) .. "," .. tostring(math.floor(dist_NE:y())) .. " sent vel x:" .. tostring(target_vel:x()) .. " y:" .. tostring(target_vel:y())) else gcs:send_text(0, "failed to execute velocity command") end end elseif (stage == 7) then -- Stage7: change to RTL mode vehicle:set_mode(copter_rtl_mode_num) stage = stage + 1 gcs:send_text(0, "finished square, switching to RTL") end end end return update, 1000 end return update()