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Dealing with the Crazyflie inconsistencies
The Crazyflie firmware is the result of a lot of engineering (Making It Work) effort over a long period of time, the first commit in the GitHub repository is from 2013. There are issues,...
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Do AI decks dream of tutorials?
The AI-decks are back in stock! Also, last week we had our quarterly meeting, where we plan our focus for the next quarter. As it is also the start of the fiscal year, we also take this opportunity to...
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Our new intern: Rik
Hello everyone, my name is Rik and I’m Bitcraze’s new intern. I took up this internship as part of my MSc studies at the faculty of Aerospace Engineering at the Delft University of Technology. Over...
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IROS 2021: Crazyflie’s adventures in Robotic Research
Last week it was time for the International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS), which is one of the biggest yearly robotics conferences! In previous editions (see 2018 blog post, 2019...
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See you at BAM days!
The BAM days are coming up ! Only 8 days left before the first Bitcraze-organized conference ever. We are really excited about it, and this coming week is pretty much dedicated to organize the...
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Before BAM days
I’m sure you know about it by now, but as a reminder, the BAM days are this week !We’re all are really excited about it – and, let’s be honest, a little nervous too as the day grows nearer. We are...
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BAM days are a wrap !
The last week was epic. We had 3 days of our online conference, the BAM days – I’m sure you’ve heard of them by now. We are really happy with how everything went down. During those 3 days, 142 people...
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Improvements in documentation
We have recently worked on functionality in our web site to generate documentation from source in a few ways that we hope will improve the quality as well as simplify maintenance. We have already...
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Real-time control of a swarm of Crazyflies in artificial forests
This week we have a guest blog post from Enrica Soria from the Laboratory of Intelligent Systems Faculty of Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL) . Enjoy! From Star Wars to Black Mirror,...
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Fun Friday charging and lights
During the preparations for BAM, for example the awesome demo that Kristoffer did (link to demo), we had a lot of discussions about landing on charging pads. The Qi deck is a good solution, but the...
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Where do I add my code?
Sometimes we get the question of where to modify or add code to change some behavior of the Crazyflie. There is no quick answer to this question but we thought that we should write a post to clear up...
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Semiconductor shortage update
The semiconductor/electrical components shortage has not gone unnoticed by now, especially with the news coverage it had so far. It’s effecting most industries dealing with electrical components such...
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Powerful Persistent Parameters
The Crazyflie parameter framework provides a way to get, set and monitor parameters in the quadcopter. Examples of a parameter include which effect the LED ring will display as well as which...
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The State of Crazyflie Simulations
I have returned from my family visit in California, who I’ve haven’t seen them in 3 years due to Covid. To spend the most possible time with them, the plan was that I would still work full time for...
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Santa’s flying helpers
Christmas is just around the corner, and it’s time for the traditionnal Christmas video! This year, we wanted to use the AI deck as we’ve been working hard on this deck for some time now. Showcasing...
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Looking back at 2021
2021 is coming to an end. As we’re about to flip the page on a new calendar, let’s take a look at what happened during this past year. Community It’s no news to you, but keeping in touch with our...
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What’s in store for 2022?
We’ve had an exciting year in 2021, and we’re eager to see what 2022 will bring ! Let’s see what’s in the pipeline and what we hope for this new year. Products The AI deck and Bolt out of Early Access...
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A Modified EKF for Constant Altitude Flights
Today we will have a guest blogpost by Dominik Natter, working in the Robotics & Control group at SINTEF in Trondheim, Norway. Enjoy!! In this blogpost we will teach you how to fly the Crazyflie...
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Improved Lighthouse geometry estimation
Base station geometry estimation is a function in the python client (in the lighthouse tab), where the system estimates the position and orientation of the base stations. The user places the Crazyflie...
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Introduction to Robotics at Princeton
This week we have a guest blog post from Anirudha Majumdar from Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering, Princeton University. Enjoy ! Overview The course “Introduction to Robotics” at Princeton (MAE...
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