Auto Mission Assistant

[arthurbenemann]

The mode detail fragment for auto missions should aid the user during an auto missiom. Some of the possible features are:

• Progress bar
• Estimated time to finish
• Distance to finish
• Sumary of next waypoint
• Buttons to rewind/advance/pause the mission

[m4gr3d]

@arthurbenemann is it possible to have Jason come up with a design for the mission assistant.
Having a clear goal/ui target will help spread and speed up the development.

[arthurbenemann]

Certainly, I`ll discuss it with him Monday.

2014-05-10 10:40 GMT-07:00 Fredia Huya-Kouadio notifications@github.com:

@arthurbenemann https://github.com/arthurbenemann is it possible to
have Jason come up with a design for the mission assistant.
Having a clear goal/ui target will help spread and speed up the
development.

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[azrin1972]

I'm currently trying to built the same thing. I'll wait for the discussion outcome.

Azrin Aris

On 11/05/2014, at 2:10, Arthur Benemann notifications@github.com wrote:

Certainly, I`ll discuss it with him Monday.

2014-05-10 10:40 GMT-07:00 Fredia Huya-Kouadio notifications@github.com:

@arthurbenemann https://github.com/arthurbenemann is it possible to
have Jason come up with a design for the mission assistant.
Having a clear goal/ui target will help spread and speed up the
development.

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[jason4short]

Here you go!

[m4gr3d]

@jason4short @arthurbenemann looks good, although how do we get about estimating the mission remaining time. That would be highly dependent on the type of waypoint, their duration time (if applicable) as well as the drone's speed.

Also, does 'rewind' means return to the previous waypoint, and 'advance' means skip the upcoming waypoint?

[arthurbenemann]

@ne0fhyk Rewind means setCurrentWp(drone.getCurrentWP()-1), forward means setCurrentWp(drone.getCurrentWP()+1)

[jason4short]

I have no idea about the mission time. It was Arthur's suggestion!

[bbasso]

I think the idea was to just look at the WPNAV_SPEED and the remaining distance, since changing speed during a mission is not something done that often. Also, I like the idea of progress bars, especially if the completion time is just an estimate. People are used to seeing progress bars for installing software and such, and those hang all the time--I think it would help drive home the point that it's just an estimate.

[jason4short]

I added WP speed to the panel. I've always wanted to control this during flight.
Also added restart.

[bbasso]

Does change the speed for just that waypoint or all waypoints? I like the
idea of being able to change the speed for the whole mission, but dont see
a huge need for individual waypoints. We shoudl be careful to not add too
many options for each mission item. For example, the WP delay
parameter--we may use it a fair amount, but do other people? I think it's
pretty fringe.

[arthurbenemann]

@bbasso This side panel is for flight mode details, in this case for the auto mode mission.

Changes like speed would be global.

[azrin1972]

Having options is good but I agree with you that too many options might just be confusing for users.

I personally like to have individual delay and speed. What I would like to suggest is to have a check box 'advance parameter' that when checked will reveal the extra settings for each WP.

I can start looking into that if everyone agreed to it.

Just an idea though...

Azrin Aris

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Does change the speed for just that waypoint or all waypoints? I like the
idea of being able to change the speed for the whole mission, but dont see
a huge need for individual waypoints. We shoudl be careful to not add too
many options for each mission item. For example, the WP delay
parameter--we may use it a fair amount, but do other people? I think it's
pretty fringe.

Brandon Basso, PhD :: Senior Research and Development Engineer :: 3D
Robotics :: Berkeley, CA

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I added WP speed to the panel. I've always wanted to control this during
flight.
Also added restart.

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[bbasso]

@azrin1972, I like the idea of an Advanced check box which reveals options like speed and delay. My sense from watching users fly our copters is that many people do not have need for a WP delay, which is something that should be more part of a mission script than a native basic mission behavior. Just a guess at what would be useful/interesting for most users:

-mission-wide speed control, changeable in real time
-mission-wide yaw behavior, changeable in real time
-WP navigation: spline, etc

So essentially, just mission wide parameters.

[azrin1972]

Ok will look in to it. A lot of code has change... I'm starting all over again :)

Azrin Aris

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@azrin1972, I like the idea of an Advanced check box which reveals options like speed and delay. My sense from watching users fly our copters is that many people do not have need for a WP delay, which is something that should be more part of a mission script than a native basic mission behavior. Just a guess at what would be useful/interesting for most users:

-mission-wide speed control, changeable in real time
-mission-wide yaw behavior, changeable in real time
-WP navigation: spline, etc

So essentially, just mission wide parameters.

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[m4gr3d]

• Media style notification icon to control the mission on devices running Android 5.0+

[codyfinn]

In my team's experience we found if useful to check the mission for a takeoff, and landing waypoint before takeoff. Would something like this be a useful addition to the assistant? I have some ideas on how to implement it in way that I think would make it simple.

[m4gr3d]

We already have an option to automatically insert takeoff and land/rtl
waypoint if missing before sending the mission to the drone.
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In my team's experience we found if useful to check the mission for a
takeoff, and landing waypoint before takeoff. Would something like this be
a useful addition to the assistant? I have some ideas on how to implement
it in way that I think would make it simple.

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[m4gr3d]

Fixed by pr #1538