UAS Testbeds

Unmanned Vehicle Platforms

Hexacopter, octocopter, fixed-wing aircraft

PX4/Pixhawk autopilot

Ground control station

remote radio control

Sensing capabilities

  • IMU, GPS, Barometer
  • Optical Flow
  • SLAM
  • EKF for estimation

Simulation platforms

  • Px4 autopilot program which supports
    • Software In the Loop (SITL) simulation, where the flight stack runs on computer (either the same computer or another computer on the same network) and
    • Hardware In the Loop (HITL) simulation using a simulation firmware on a real flight 
  • Fixed-wing Hardware In the Loop demonstration