PX4 Software-In-The-Loop Simulation with Ignition Gazebo

This post is written by Jaeyoung Lim Ignition Gazebo has been integrated into the PX4 simulation framework: To run this example, simply run the following command in the root of the PX4-Autopilot repository The repository can be found in https://github.com/Auterion/px4-simulation-ignition Installation instructions can be found in: http://docs.px4.io/master/en/simulation/ignition_gazebo.html#ignition-gazebo-simulation This has been presented in the PX4 Dev…

PX4 Software-In-The-Loop simulation with JSBSim

This post is written by Jaeyoung Lim JSBSim is a open source flight simulator (“flight dynamics model (FDM)”) that runs on Microsoft Windows, Apple Macintosh, Linux, IRIX, Cygwin (Unix on Windows), etc. Its features include: fully configurable aerodynamics and a propulsion system that can model complex flight dynamics of an aircraft. Rotational earth effects are…

Simulating Multiple Vehicles in PX4 SITL Gazebo

Jaeyoung Lim Previously, it was only possible to simulate multiple vehicles in SITL by extending ROS launchfiles. However, this is not scalable especially when you are trying simulate large number of vehicles or change the number of vehicles a lot. Now you can simulate multiple vehicles in PX4 SITL gazebo, without depending on ROS. Simply…

Offboard gimbal control using MAVROS for object tracking

Jaeyoung Lim Controlling a gimbal for object tracking is one of the essential functionalities for flying camera applications. A mount plugin was implemented in mavros to enable continuous control of gimbals from the companion computer. The following video shows the gimbal controlled in order to look at a single ROI while following around a trajectory…

Aggressive trajectory tracking controller for MAVROS using geometric control in SE(3)

Jaeyoung Lim As PX4 doesn’t support aggressive trajectory tracking capabilities just yet, a trajectory tracking controller is needed to run aggressive flights. MAVROS enables you to control a drone offboard, supporting low level commands such as actuator control / bodyrate control. This gives you the safety of having a fail-safe flight controller and the flexibility…

Using mavlink-router to route MAVLink streams over the network

Jaeyoung Lim MAVLink is a standard protocol which is used for drones both for internal communications and external communications. It is a popular interface for flight controllers such as PX4, Ardupilot, Betaflight and more. This was mainly used for GCS such as Qgroundcontrol, Mission Planner for the command control link. However, this is also useful…

Virtual Reality Flight Simulator: ICARUS

Jaeryoung Choi, Soomin Lee, Dongho Kang, Jaeyoung Lim This project was done during Virtual Reality 1 course held in spring 2017 ETH Zurich Overview Project ICARUS is a virtual reality flight simulator which the user stays in the air by pedaling the bike. For more information, you can visit the ICARUS Project Github Demo day…

ROSPPM: ROS Package for Accessing RC Transmitters

Jaeyoung Lim Introduction RC Transmitters are used to control miniature cars and planes for a long time. Although the technology has evolved quite a long way, RC transmitters are still the most reliable way to gain control of a UAV for long distances. RC Transmitters are very simple to use and works in very long…

PX4 Software-In-The-Loop(SITL) Simulation on Gazebo

Jaeyoung Lim Introduction PX4 is a great platform to implement a UAV system based on a opensource autopilot. One of the great features of PX4 is that you can run a SITL simulation(Software in the loop simulation) to simulate your flight on simulation. This is useful as you can check new mission or control algorithms…