Students will need to supply a laptop flashed with Ubuntu Linux for this class. Native installs are recommended, hypervisors and virtual machines will not be well supported and may lead to issues.

This course provides students with a hands-on experience with developing unmanned aerial systems, with focus areas including implementation of a utonomy, control, and state estimation and visual perception leveraging industry-standard hardware and open source software. Students will work in small teams to setup and program multicopter testbed vehicles. Some experience and comfort with Python and C++ programming, as well as navigating the Linux operating system will be helpful.