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The Crazyflie 2.1 brushless is getting optional propeller guards
One of the great features of the stock Crazyflie 2.1 is that it is more or less harmless. The Crazyflie 2.1 brushless weighs roughly the same but has almost twice the amount of thrust force, so a...
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Back from ICRA 2024
Two weeks ago, Arnaud, Barbara and Rik were at ICRA 2024 in Yokohama. At our booth we showed our current products as well as the upcoming brushless Crazyflie and the camera deck prototype. As usual,...
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The Aerial Robotic Landscape
It’s been over a little year since we started the ROS Aerial Robotics community group together with the Drone Code Foundation, and it is still going strong (blogpost 1, blogpost 2). Since there is a...
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ICRA 2024 POSTERS
As we mentioned earlier, ICRA Yokohama was full of exciting encounters – we really enjoyed meeting researchers, tech companies, and enthusiastic roboticists during those 4 days. One challenge was to...
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SWEDISH SUMMER, 2024 edition
If you know a little about Sweden, you know about Midsommar. Nothing like the 2019 horror film (thankfully), though we do wear flower crowns and dance around the pole. It’s usually an occasion to...
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Discover the Impact of Structural Defects on Nano-Quadcopter Performance:...
This week we have a guest blogpost by Kamil Masalimov (MSc) and Tagir Muslimov (PhD) of the Ufa University of Science and Technology. Enjoy! As researchers passionate about UAV technology, we are...
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Crazyflie at the Robotics Developer Day 2024
Whenever we show the Crazyflie at our booth at various robotics conferences (like the recent ICRA Yokohama), we sometimes get comments like ‘ahh that’s cute’ or ‘that’s a fun toy!’. Those who have...
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Client release 2024.7 and library release 0.1.26
We are happy to announce the latest updates to the Crazyflie client and Python library. Major changes include improved persistent parameter management, enhanced plotting with new x-axis manipulation...
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Bringing Model Predictive Control to the Crazyflie with TinyMPC
Today we welcome Sam Schoedel from Carnegie Mellon University. Enjoy! We’re excited to share the research we’ve been doing on model-predictive control (MPC) for tiny robots! Our goal was to find a way...
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The beginners guide to Drones
Welcome to the “The Beginner’s Guide to Drones” for programmers curious about exploring the world of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs). If you’re a coder from another field, this guide will walk you...
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Why DroneBlocks chose the Bitcraze Crazyflie as their go-to STEM Drone
This week, we have a guest blog post from Scott at Droneblocks. DroneBlocks is a cutting-edge platform that has transformed how educators worldwide enrich STEM programming in their classrooms. As...
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RSS conference and Aerial Swarm Workshop
A few weeks ago, the prestigious Robotics: Science and Systems (RSS) conference was held at Delft University of Technology. We helped with the co-organization of a half-day tutorial and workshop...
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The optimized Crazyflie 2.1 brushless motors
For the upcoming Crazyflie 2.1 brushless we developed, together with a leading motor manufacturing brand, a brushless 08028 motor, targeting high quality and high efficiency. The 08 – stator size...
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Introducing the new Crazyflie 2.1+
Ever since we developed the new 47-17 propellers it’s been on our list to update the Crazyflie 2.1 kit. And finally it is here! While we were at it, we also updated the battery which is now 1 gram...
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Announcing Our New Guide: Basics of PID Tuning for Quadcopters!
We are excited to announce the release of our new PID Tuning Guide! This guide is designed to help users understand and apply the basics of PID tuning within our ecosystem, making it easier to achieve...
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Crazyflie’s Adventures with ROS 2 and Gazebo
You might remember that at the beginning of this summer, we were invited to do a skill-learning session with the Crazyflie at the Robotics Developer Day 2024 (see this blog post) organized by The...
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ROSCon ’24, we’re coming!
ROSCon is a developer’s conference that focuses entirely on the Robot Operating System (ROS), bringing together developers from around the globe to learn, discuss, and network. It serves as a space...
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Fun Friday project: Crazyflie command-line client
As you might expect, we use the Crazyflie python client a lot at Bitcraze. The client has a lot of features, ranging from setting up LPS/Lighthouse systems to turning on/off the headlight LEDs on the...
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Crazyflie Brushless charging pad
Ever since we started going to fairs to show off the Crazyflies, we’ve been trying to push the boundaries for the demos. Often we’ve used the fairs as an opportunity to either develop new...
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Bitcraze and Demo-Driven Development
There is one thing that has driven both the hardware/software and our enthusiasm forward in the last 13 years, and that is making demos! Whether it’s a new piece of hardware/deck for the Crazyflie or...
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