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Aeroscapes: Aerial Semantic Segmentation Dataset Unofficial redistribution of the AeroScapes dataset under the original CC BY-SA 4.0 license. Disclaimer This repository is not an official release of the AeroScapes dataset. The AeroScapes dataset was created by Ishan Nigam, Chen Huang, and Deva Ramanan, with dataset collection and manual annotation supported by Autel Robotics. They retain all copyr
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Apache-2.0
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AirSim is Microsoft's Unreal/Unity-based open simulator for drones and vehicles, commonly used for sensor simulation and perception research.
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Simplified ArduPilot SITL launcher for multi-drone simulations
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RemoteID support using OpenDroneID
GPL-2.0
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DroneCAN support for Arduino on STM32!
Communication Links ArduinoArdupilot +6
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🛩️ Browser-based ArduPilot flight log analyzer — 3D satellite terrain playback, AI copilot, FFT, PID tuning, PDF reports. Local, nothing uploaded.
Testing Logs 3d-VisualizationArdupilot +7
MIT
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ArduPlane, ArduCopter, ArduRover, ArduSub source
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Plugins and models for vehicle simulation in Gazebo Sim with ArduPilot SITL controllers
LGPL-3.0
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Featured Engineering Collections
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21 Resources Photogrammetry practitioners and survey technologists
Aerial Mapping and Survey Stack
An open-source stack for aerial mapping work from imagery and datasets through photogrammetry processing.
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25 Resources Computer vision engineers and robotics researchers
Aerial Perception Models and Datasets
Source-backed aerial dataset and model repositories for detection and tracking research and prototyping.
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8 Resources ArduPilot developers and UAV integrators
ArduPilot Development and SITL Toolkit
Open components for developing against ArduPilot with software-in-the-loop simulation.
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13 Resources UAV autonomy engineers evaluating planning, avoidance and multi-agent coordination
Autonomous Navigation & Planning
Open-source planning, avoidance, MPC and multi-agent stacks for autonomous UAV flight.
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24 Resources Embedded and computer vision engineers
Edge AI Perception Starter
A starting stack for prototyping aerial perception models before edge deployment work.
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17 Resources UAV firmware engineers, system integrators and robotics researchers
Open-Source Flight Control Stacks
Open-source autopilot firmware repositories for building or evaluating a flight stack.
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19 Resources UAV system integrators and software developers
GCS and Telemetry Protocols
Ground control software and telemetry protocol repositories for command, monitoring and integration work.
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17 Resources Mission planners and integration engineers
Ground Control and Mission Planning
Open components for mission planning, telemetry and ground control around MAVLink-based vehicles.
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19 Resources Integration engineers and protocol-level developers
MAVLink Ecosystem
The protocol and its reference consumers for building or evaluating MAVLink-based UAV integrations.
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8 Resources UAV integrators and robotics engineers
Open Hardware & Sensor Integration
Open-source UAV hardware designs, sensor SDKs, GNSS/RTK tooling and Remote ID implementations for engineering integration.
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17 Resources UAV engineers making a flight stack selection
Evaluating Open-Source Flight Stacks
A structured path for comparing candidate open-source flight stacks on evidence, not marketing.
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18 Resources PX4 developers and robotics researchers
PX4 Development and Simulation Toolkit
The components needed to build a local PX4 development and software-in-the-loop verification loop.
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28 Resources UAV software engineers and photogrammetry practitioners
Simulation and Mapping Toolchains
Open-source simulation and mapping repositories used for development, testing and survey workflows.
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11 Resources UAV autonomy engineers and robotics researchers evaluating localization options
SLAM / VIO Stack Evaluation
Open-source localization and mapping systems for UAV navigation, inspection and mapping missions.
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6 Resources UAV test engineers and integrators
UAV Flight Log & Testing Analysis
Open-source tools for reviewing, parsing and visualizing UAV flight logs before and after test flights.
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26 Resources Computer vision researchers and perception engineers
Visual Perception Models and Data
Indexed model and dataset repositories for aerial visual perception research and prototyping.
Regulations & UTM
Airspace rules, certification standards and UTM services that shape where UAV technology can fly.
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