UAV autopilot software

DroneSpeak™ definition of UAV autopilot software

the software that is embedded in the hardware components of a UAV autopilot device or system

Overview

To be developed.

Links

2015 September
- Copter-3.3 ready for wider use
2015 July
- PID Gains explained like never before!
2015 May
- New ROS release paving the road to full drone support
- APM:Plane 3.3.0 released
2015 March
- Teleoperating drones with ROS and Computer Vision
- “hello drone” in the app store
2015 February
- APM:Plane 3.2.3 and 3.3.0beta1 released
- ArduCopter 3.2.1 released
- ROSsifying an APM-based autopilot
- APM:Plane 3.2.2 released
2015 January
- Percepto – computer vision for drones
- Introducing an “app store” for drones based in ROS
2014 November
- Learning the ArduPilot codebase
- How to Write (Set) a Pixhawk parameter using the Mavlink protocol standard
- ArduCopter 3.2 Released
- APM:Plane 3.2.0 released
- Open source and DIY Drones…what is this?
- ArduCopter 3.2 ready for wider use
- TauLab – firmware for VR uBrain 5 – First Flight by Stefan –
2014 September
- An AutoPilot in the Clouds – part 2
- APM:Plane 3.1.1 released
2014 August
- APM:Plane 3.1.0 released
- UAVCAN (CAN bus for UAV) preliminary release
- Pixhawk-based VTOL aircraft code now available
- Terrain following added to APM:Plane
2014 June
- Autopilot on Linux, from a device tree point of view
- Arduino-ardupilot IDE updated for Arduino 1.0.5 and avr-gcc 4.8.1
- VR micro Brain 5 firmware is ready!!! Now is possible to upload the firmware and different frame configuration by Mission Planner : Multicopter , Plane or Rover
2014 May
- APM Planner 2.0.10 release
- “eBumper” sense-and-avoid add-on for drones
- Multiwii v2.3 Working on Arduino DUE
- AUAV-X1 test results. Guys, are you ready to fly?
2014 April
- Airspeed, angle of attack, sideslip and flight path vector estimated in real time on APM!
- New Spektrum drive-by-wire RC car controller
- Landing from Rally Points
- APM:Plane 3.0.0 released
2014 March
- Onboard quadrocopter failsafe: flight after actuator failure
2014 February
- Quaternion AHRS with uPilot32
2014 January
- Major new update for APM:Plane code
2013 December
- Quadrocopter failsafe algorithm
2013 November
- Tau Labs has MultiWii style Horizon Mode
- Overlaying GPS Coordinates for Camera Crosshairs
2013 October
- New SplineNav 0.3: Smoother Yaw, and Manual Yaw Override
2013 July
- ACRO for ArduPilot 3.1
2013 June
- Open-source computer-vision module developed for MAVProxy
- MatrixPilot precision navigation algorithms
- PX4FLOW Position Hold Beta and Source Code Release
2013 May
- Flying with our new controller
- Anything you want mixing
- Thirty Days (#7): Zip ties + math = ?
2013 April
- Fly-by-polar
- ArduCopter (VR Brain) – First test with AndroPilot in “guided” and “follow me” mode by Marco Robustini
- Arducopter , Arduplane and Ardurover firmware based on AP_HAL library are now available on VRBrain for beta testing
- Alternative IDE project for compiling+uploading code
- ArduCopter, the best open source platform for multirotor
- NugePilot: Communication Timing Issue
2013 March
- VRBrain and last Great Update from Taulab Project first alt hold + loiter by Stefan:)
- UAV swarm
- PID: What’s it for and how does it work?
- Great New DIYD Firmware Upload Site for APM and PX4
- Ten dollar telemetry – Bluetooth support added to Andropilot thanks to…
- Scripted Fixed-Wing Acrobatics
- New ArduPPM firmware version 2.3.16 in the downloads section
- New ROS package for AR.Drone
2013 February
- Proposal to merge XFLR5 and PX4
- ArduPlane software roadmap
- ArduCopter software roadmap
- Phantom’s a beginner dream (still need wide open area to be safe)
2013 January
- ArduCopter 2.9 PID Loops for STABILIZE, ACRO and ALT_HOLD
- Crash test
- Skyhunter Param File
- Lots of changes to APM development!
- Kalman Filter Code for Yellow Plan 2

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