AI & Autonomy

Companion computers, ArduPilot, PX4, computer vision and autonomous missions for DIY drones.

Compare PX4 and ArduPilot on hardware support, features, licensing, community and ease of use for your autonomous drone.

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Plan, upload and fly autonomous waypoint missions with Mission Planner or QGroundControl, with failsafes and geofences set right.

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Add obstacle avoidance to a DIY drone with rangefinders, lidar or a depth camera, and configure ArduPilot to stop or route around.

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Run a small object detection model on a Raspberry Pi and use it to make your drone follow a person or vehicle in guided…

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Wire a Raspberry Pi to a flight controller, set up MAVLink and send your first commands from Python with pymavlink or MAVSDK.

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Pick a companion computer for your drone: Raspberry Pi 5, Jetson Orin Nano and others compared on power, weight and AI speed.

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Run ArduPilot or PX4 in simulation with SITL and Gazebo so you can test autonomous code before it ever touches a real drone.

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What AI actually does on a drone: object detection, tracking, obstacle avoidance and autonomous missions, and the hardware behind it.

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