Aerial Robotics

This project focused on programming and testing high-level control for a quadcopter, first in simulation and then on a real drone. The goal was to develop control strategies that enabled the drone to search for a landing pad hidden in an obstacle-filled environment, land on it, and then autonomously return to its initial launch pad.

Approach

• Simulation (Webots) – implemented high-level control algorithms for grid search, obstacle-aware navigation, and optimal return path planning in a physics-based environment.
• CrazyFlie Testing – deployed and validated this on a Bitcraze CrazyFlie drone, bridging the gap between simulation and real-world flight.

Github here.