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Multirotors · VTOL · autonomy

Flight, without a pilot.

We build and tune our own multirotors — from FPV racers to GPS-guided mission drones — and we're teaching them to see, land and fly together on their own.
Explore the labOpen roles
live sims
8
builds
6
competitions
3

// 01 — Interactive lab

How a drone thinks, live.

From the motor mixer up to swarms. These run the same control ideas as our flight controllers — fly them, tune them, break them.

Motor mixing

Try it · Click the canvas and fly with W/A/S/D, yaw with Q/E, climb with R/F — watch each motor's bar.

What it is

A quadcopter has no control surfaces — it steers purely by changing the speed of four motors.

How it works

  1. 1Roll: speed up the left pair, slow the right pair (and vice-versa).
  2. 2Pitch: speed up the rear pair to tip the nose down and fly forward.
  3. 3Yaw: two props spin clockwise, two counter-clockwise; speeding one pair twists the frame by reaction torque.

Used in

Every multirotor we build · ArduPilot motor matrix

// 02 — Track record

Every competition, every round.

Full record
drones2026

Inter-University Drone Challenge

Finalist

2/3 rounds
drones2025

Aero Design Drone Race

Round Cleared

1/3 rounds
drones2024

Open Drone Race League

Participated

0/1 rounds

// 03 — On the bench

Projects & prototypes

All projects
completeddrones

Garuda Quad

Autonomous quadcopter for waypoint missions

PROGRESS100%
upcomingdrones

Vayu VTOL

Fixed-wing VTOL for long-range mapping

PROGRESS10%
Flying

Garuda Quad

450-class quad on ArduPilot completing GPS waypoint missions.

Flying

FPV racer

5-inch freestyle/race build used for pilot training.

Working

Thrust test bench

Measures thrust vs throttle to match motors and props.

Testing

Landing-pad detector

ArUco marker detection on a Pi camera for precision landing.

// 04 — Roadmap

From first hover to swarms.

  1. PHASE 00

    Hover

    Complete2024
    • ▸First 450-class quad
    • ▸Flight-controller setup & tuning
    • ▸Pilot training
  2. PHASE 01

    Stabilise & race

    Complete2025
    • ▸PID tuning workflow
    • ▸Drone race qualifier cleared
    • ▸FPV build
  3. PHASE 02

    Autonomy

    In progress2026
    • ▸Garuda: GPS waypoint missions
    • ▸Companion computer (Raspberry Pi + MAVLink)
    • ▸Precision landing with vision
  4. PHASE 03

    Fixed-wing VTOL

    Planned2027
    • ▸Vayu VTOL airframe
    • ▸Transition control
    • ▸Long-range mapping missions
  5. PHASE 04

    Swarms

    Planned2027 →
    • ▸Multi-drone formation flight
    • ▸Cooperative search & mapping
    • ▸Drone–rover teaming with Robotics

// 05 — Skills & learning

Skills on the flight line.

Where the drone crew stands today on each core skill.

Flight control & PID

75%
Rate / angle loopsBlackbox logsFilter tuning

Airframe & propulsion

70%
Motor / prop matchingBattery sizingFrames

ArduPilot / PX4

65%
Mission planningParametersFailsafes

Sensor fusion

45%
IMUEKFGPS / baro

Computer vision

35%
ArUco markersOptical flowObject tracking

Swarm & multi-agent

10%
Formation controlConsensusCollision avoidance

// 06 — Open roles

Join the flight crew.

Builders, tuners, coders and pilots — every drone needs all four.

Flight control

Tune PID loops, configure ArduPilot/PX4 and analyse logs.

Control basicsPatiencePython helps

Airframe & build

Frames, motors, wiring and the occasional crash repair.

SolderingCADHands-on

Autonomy & vision

Mission scripts, MAVLink, computer vision on companion computers.

PythonLinuxOpenCV

Pilot

Fly test missions safely and help train new pilots.

Simulator practiceCalm under pressureRules awareness

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