Ardupilot
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The most advanced open source autopilot for use by both professionals and hobbyist. Supports multi-copters, planes, rovers, boats, helicopters, antenna trackers and even submarines.
Hardware The embedded systems and peripheral sensors that act as the vehicle’s brain, eyes, ears, etc. Almost any mobile machine can be transformed into a robot, by simply integrating a small hardware package into it. Firmware The “skill set” code running on the hardware, which configures it for the kind of vehicle you’ve put it in. You choose the firmware and vehicle that match your mission: Plane, Copter, Rover... The choice is yours – one autopilot for any mission. An easy firmware update is all it takes to repurpose your hardware into a different role. Software Your interface to the hardware. Initial set-up, configuration, and testing. Mission-planning/operation, and post-mission analysis. Point-and-click intuitive interaction with your hardware, or advanced custom scripting for niche mission profiles. Options are everything with ArduPilot. Farming industries is starting adapt on autonomous vehicles and ArduPilot is leading platform when creating small or big autonomous vehicles.
Community is what really sets ArduPilot apart from the closed-source offerings in the market. An area for open discourse on the ArduPilot projects direction between developers and its customers. Here are some of the places you can find ardupilot users and developers.
Commercial Support We are proud to provide the following list of individuals and companies who can provide commercial support for ArduPilot. We hope this will help you get the most out of the ArduPilot project.