Third party uses Parrot AR.Drone

lithium polymer battery parrot ar.drone jst-xh connector (right) , mini-tamiya connector (left)

to aid third party developers, parrot launched ar.drone open api game development platform. due open platform, affordability, , wide range of onboard sensory equipment, ar.drone becoming increasingly popular tool in research , education. has been used experiments visual-based autonomous navigation, autonomous surveillance, , human-machine interaction. research in these areas has resulted in third party applications being released, open source, extend official capabilities of drone.

in france, ar.drone 2.0 tested special operations unit aerial reconnaissance, whilst other companies have been developing software allows drone track sports activities, , generate training feedback. ar.drone used tim pool during occupy wall street protest, running modified software allowed stream directly internet channel. theorised chain of command set up, multiple people step , take control should primary operator detained police. further this, began development of new control system, replacing existing wi-fi hotspot 3g chip. allow users control drones via internet, , potentially remote locations.

an open source framework yet drone , developed students @ university of hamburg allow programmers build applications ar drone in java.