Optitrack

The fly zone in DISCOVER lab is equipped with 24 Optitrack infrared S250e cameras, each of which is capable of tracking fast moving objects with 250 FPS capture speed and 832 × 832 pixels of resolution. It provides high accuracy and precision down to sub millimeters.

The cameras are mounted in two layers surrounding the fly zone of the size approximately 16 feet × 16 feet and two stories high. Only motions that take place in this cube can be best captured and tracked. 

The Optitrack system functions as the indoor GPS and markers are put on our UAVs and UGVs so that their position can be streamed back via wireless communication in real time for autonomous operation.