Top 9 C++ Drone Projects

• ardupilot

  17 7,293 10.0 C++

  ArduPlane, ArduCopter, ArduRover, ArduSub source

  

  Project mention: Ukrainian soldier says the Chinese are giving the Russians the ability to disable their drones | reddit.com/r/UkraineWarVideoReport | 2022-05-15

• PX4-Autopilot

  6 5,442 10.0 C++

  PX4 Autopilot Software

  

  Project mention: Starting out with STM32 for programming a flight controller | reddit.com/r/embedded | 2022-04-11

• Scout APM

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• OpenMVG (open Multiple View Geometry)

  3 4,200 6.8 C++

  open Multiple View Geometry library. Basis for 3D computer vision and Structure from Motion.

  

  Project mention: helpful pointers to state-of-the-art material for depth estimation from multi-view videos captured from cameras with arbitrary poses. | reddit.com/r/computervision | 2022-04-20

  I am looking for some pointers to papers/open-source software that can do fast and accurate depth estimation from multi-view videos. I am aware of colmap and OpenMVG software but was curious to know if there are others out there that outperform these. I am also interested in any state-of-the-art for depth estimation using unsupervised or self-supervised neural networks.

• qgroundcontrol

  1 2,157 9.6 C++

  Cross-platform ground control station for drones (Android, iOS, Mac OS, Linux, Windows)

  

  Project mention: UML Diagrams Designer via Code | news.ycombinator.com | 2022-05-05

  > Are UML diagrams used effectively in the dev industry?

  Are they effective? I say they are when correctly used. For example last year I used plant UML to draw a sequence diagram to demonstrate some threading/mutex problems. [1]

  I've also used draw.io to draw similar problems. [2]

  I would say that tbqh using UML (or maybe just plant UML) is the "better" solution because it can be embedded in code and re-rendered as needed. But draw.io is _much_ easier to use!

  I will also say that UML diagrams aren't well taught nor do most devs even know to reach for the tool.

  [1]: https://github.com/mavlink/qgroundcontrol/pull/9595

  [2]: https://github.com/airmap/qgroundcontrol/pull/6

• GAAS

  12 1,601 6.6 C++

  GAAS is an open-source program designed for fully autonomous VTOL(a.k.a flying cars) and drones. GAAS stands for Generalized Autonomy Aviation System.

  

  Project mention: Towards L5 Autonomous Flying Cars, a Robust Framework Extends GAAS with Lidars | news.ycombinator.com | 2021-07-25

• mpu9250

  1 388 6.5 C++

  Arduino and CMake library for communicating with the InvenSense MPU-9250 and MPU-9255 nine-axis IMUs. (by bolderflight)

  

  Project mention: Having trouble finding the correct library for this 9DOF IMU, can anyone help | reddit.com/r/arduino | 2021-07-13

  Sorry, was so caught up in it not working I lost all my sense! I was running the Bolder Flight example: https://github.com/bolderflight/MPU9250 titled Basic_I2C and was receiving the following error:

• sbus

  0 241 5.4 C++

  Arduino and CMake library for communicating with SBUS receivers and servos. (by bolderflight)

  

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• dRehmFlight

  1 191 0.0 C++

  Teensy flight controller and stabilization for small-scale VTOL vehicles

  Project mention: Inverted pendulum on a racing drone (power loop attempted) | reddit.com/r/drones | 2021-11-23

  This is actually my own flight controller code running on a teensy 4.0 microcontroller, coded in arduino: https://github.com/nickrehm/dRehmFlight

• tello-ros2

  0 21 0.0 C++

  ROS2 node for DJI Tello and Visual SLAM for mapping of indoor environments.

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• Towards L5 Autonomous Flying Cars, a Robust Framework Extends GAAS with Lidars
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• GAAS: an open-source program designed for fully autonomous drones. GAAS provides a fully autonomous flight platform based on lidar, HD-map relocalization, path planning, and other modules for aircraft. A Robust Framework Extends GAAS with Lidars.
  1 project | reddit.com/r/AIandRobotics | 25 Jul 2021
• GAAS: an open-source program designed for fully autonomous drones. GAAS provides a fully autonomous flight platform based on lidar, HD-map relocalization, path planning, and other modules for aircraft. A Robust Framework Extends GAAS with Lidars.
  1 project | reddit.com/r/robotics | 25 Jul 2021
• GAAS: an open-source program designed for fully autonomous drones. GAAS provides a fully autonomous flight platform based on lidar, HD-map relocalization, path planning, and other modules for aircraft. A Robust Framework Extends GAAS with Lidars.
  1 project | reddit.com/r/Automate | 25 Jul 2021
• GAAS: an open-source program designed for fully autonomous drones. GAAS provides a fully autonomous flight platform based on lidar, HD-map relocalization, path planning, and other modules for aircraft. A Robust Framework Extends GAAS with Lidars.
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