UAS Testbeds
Unmanned Vehicle Platforms
Unmanned Vehicle Platforms
Hexacopter, octocopter, fixed-wing aircraft
PX4/Pixhawk autopilot
Ground control station
remote radio control
Sensing capabilities
Sensing capabilities
- IMU, GPS, Barometer
- Optical Flow
- SLAM
- EKF for estimation
Simulation platforms
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