Our submission for the e-Yantra Robotics Competition (eYRC) 2020-21 for theme vitarana drone. The eYRC is jointly hosted by IIT Bombay and Government of India. Our theme (Vitarana Drone) involved developing autonomous path planning algorithms for a 3-D simulated quadcopter capable of package delivery in a cityscape environment simulated in Gazebo.
We used the following concepts to develop our solution:
- Control systems (PID building).
- Path planning & obstacle avoidance using the bug2 algorithm.
- Image processing for marker detection.
- Scheduling of the parcels to be delivered and returned.
Tools used:
- Robot Operating System (ROS)
- Gazebo simulator
- Python and its libraries
You can check out our solution's demo here: link