ROSCON 2022: ROS 2 and the Crazyflie, Aerial Swarms and Autonomy with a Tiny Flying Robot

Talk title: ROS 2 and the Crazyflie, Aerial Swarms and Autonomy with a Tiny Flying Robot
Conference: ROSCON 2022
Session: Land, Sea, Air
Presented by: Kimberly McGuire (Bitcraze AB) and prepared together with Wolfgang Hönig (TU Berlin)
Date: October 2022
Place: Kyoto, Japan
Slides: To be found on https://roscon.ros.org/2022/

Abstract:
In this talk, we present how a tiny 30 gram flying robot, the Crazyflie, can achieve autonomous operation by leveraging ROS 2 and its ecosystem. First, we briefly discuss the hardware platform with its sensors and the current ROS1 integration that enables swarming. Second, we explain our development of a ROS 2 stack for the Crazyflie and the design improvements that are possible due to ROS 2. Finally, we present how our stack can be used for typical use-cases such as simulation and autonomous behavior powered by existing packages such as SLAM_toolbox and NAV2.

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