Ardupilot
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ArduPilot is an autopilot software program that can control multirotor drones, fixed-wing and VTOL aircraft, RC helicopters, ROVs, ground rovers, boats, submarines, uncrewed surface vessels (USVs), AntennaTrackers and blimps. It is published as open source software under the GNU GPL version 3.
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ArduPilot is the most advanced, full-featured, and reliable open source autopilot software available. It has been under development since 2010 by a diverse team of professional engineers, computer scientists, and community contributors. Our autopilot software is capable of controlling almost any vehicle system imaginable, from conventional airplanes, quad planes, multi-rotors, and helicopters to rovers, boats, balance bots, and even submarines. It is continually being expanded to provide support for new emerging vehicle types. How To Get Involved The ArduPilot project is open source and we encourage participation and code contributions: guidelines for contributors to the ardupilot codebase We have an active group of Beta Testers to help us improve our code: release procedures Desired Enhancements and Bugs can be posted to the issues list. Help other users with log analysis in the support forums Improve the wiki and chat with other wiki editors on Discord documentation Contact the developers on one of the communication channels The ArduPilot project is licensed under the GNU General Public License, version 3. Overview of license Full Text
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Wikidata facts
- Official website
- diydrones.com/profiles/blog/show?id=705844:BlogPost:44814
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- user manual URL
- ardupilot.org/ardupilot
- inception
- 2009-00-00
- source code repository URL
- code.google.com/p/ardupilot
- software version identifier
- 4.2.1
- publication date
- 2009-00-00
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17 sectionsContents
- Characteristics
- Common to all vehicles
- Copter-specific
- Plane-specific
- Rover-specific
- Submarine-specific
- Supported hardware
- History
- Early years, 2007–2012
- Maturity, 2013–2016
- Since 2018
- UAV Outback Challenge
- Russo-Ukrainian war
- See also
- Notes
- References
- External links
ArduPilot is an autopilot software program that can control multirotor drones, fixed-wing and VTOL aircraft, RC helicopters, ROVs, ground rovers, boats, submarines, uncrewed surface vessels (USVs), AntennaTrackers and blimps. It is published as open source software under the GNU GPL version 3.
ArduPilot was originally developed by hobbyists to control model aircraft and rovers and has evolved into a full-featured and reliable autopilot used by industry, research organisations, amateurs, and militaries. thumb|BlueROV2 diving with ArduSubthumb|An octocopter flying with Ardupilot|alt=An octocopter flying with Ardupilot