Show HN: Aerial-autonomy-stack – open-source perception-based drone swarms

Category: infrastructure

Tags: drone-swarms, ros2, autonomy-stack, px4, ardupilot, perception-based-simulation

Score: 7.8/10 (Innovation: 7, Technical: 9, Documentation: 8, Utility: 7)

Aerial-autonomy-stack (AAS) is an open-source, batteries-included software stack for developing, simulating, and deploying multi-drone autonomy using ROS2, PX4, ArduPilot, and NVIDIA hardware. It stands out for its integrated support for perception-based simulation with YOLO and LiDAR, faster-than-real-time multi-instance simulation, and a modular architecture that bridges simulation to real-world deployment, making it highly valuable for drone swarm research and development.

Target audience: backend devs, robotics engineers, drone developers, researchers

Repository: https://github.com/JacopoPan/aerial-autonomy-stack · C++ · MIT · 500 stars

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