05 · Autonomous Quadcopter

Flight, without a pilot

A quadcopter learning to perceive a course and fly through it autonomously.

Role

Robotics team lead

Year

2023

IIT Ropar quadcopter team with their autonomous drone

In one sentence

The project built practical experience in perception, planning, controls, and the stubborn reality of hardware.

01 · The problem

Why this mattered

Fast indoor flight leaves little room for perception or control errors.

02 · My work

From idea to system

I worked on the autonomy stack and repeated the simulation-to-hardware cycle with the IIT Ropar robotics team.

03 · The result

What moved

The project built practical experience in perception, planning, controls, and the stubborn reality of hardware.

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