Experiments in Fast, Autonomous, GPS-Denied Quadrotor Flight

Abstract: In work, we describe our quadrotor system which is able to smoothly navigate through mixed indoor and outdoor environments and is able to fly at speeds of more than 18 m/s using vision based state estimates. We demonstrate the robustness of our system through high speed autonomous flights and navigation through a variety of obstacle rich environments.
Paper: ieeexplore.ieee.org/stamp/sta...
Code (released on 02/22/2022): github.com/KumarRobotics/kr_a... (an improved version of the autonomous flight system presented in this paper)

[@KittFPV]

This is absolutely amazing!!! Def want to keep an eye on what you guys are up to in the future. SUBBED :D

[@PetesPictures]

That is bonkers! I can only imagine the programming complexity in getting all those sensors working together in fast flight. The gimbal mounted lidar must be particularly tricky

[@DheerajSinghal01]

nice work
what is the total weight of the system and what is the flight time achieved?

[@lagankapoor007]

Amazing , dreaming about Upenn labs :)

[@skyrien]

This is stellar work! Though, I'm a little sad that it needs so much specialized hardware (LIDAR, Stereo cameras, etc)--any idea how much of this could be reproducable from a single RGB sensor?

[@dineshlamarumba4557]

What is the market socpe of this kind of autonomous navigation system fo0r ugv, uav plateforms?

[@fatihsen3002]

Hello how can I get this project code ? İs there in github

[@austins2570]

Hello, I am a student in college and we are working on creating an autonomous quadcopter similar to this. If you are still active and available please respond to this comment as we would love to talk!!

[@thomascarstens2729]

@Austin s Students here too engaged on such a project and all its challenges. Let us know if you want to discuss this

[@sunnyd2761]

Haha First