/tello/image_raw/compressed not publishing anything

[MarcoDotIO]

Hello,

I am having issues where the /tello/image_raw/compressed topic isn't publishing anything. I see some camera raw packets being sent under the /tello/image_raw/h264 topic though, so are there any parameters to check within the launch file to modify? I'm using ROS Melodic and the latest version of tello_driver and the Tello Drone firmware.

[yoraish]

Hey,
I am running tello_driver on Ubuntu 16.04 and ROS Kinetic, and also seeing similar behavior. Did you solve this @MarcoDotlO, or @appie-17 do you have some suggestions?

[erinline]

I'm seeing the same thing, and on ROS Melodic like the OP. I'm not seeing anything on any image topic, in fact. I tried using another Tello ROS driver (flock tello) which gives me imagery but no IMU. I would prefer to use this package rather than flock because this one publishes more topics by default. Did either of you figure out how to get imagery?

[yoraish]

@erinline I ended up getting the video topic working with tello_driver on ROS Kinetic and Ubuntu 16.04. I also started adding some autonomy alongside installation steps here: https://github.com/yoraish/botello

[erinline]

@yoraish thanks for the heads up! I'll try using your repo instead, since I was trying to add localization to Tello anyways 😄