This framework is called Agilicious and it is in fact open source! Check it out on Hub Machina: hubmachina.com/pages/agilic...

The framework:
🚀 Simulator: fast, accurate physics models
🚀 Estimators: Extended Kalman Filter for vision and IMU
🚀 Controllers: control algorithms
🚀 Pipelines: modular combinations of controllers, estimators, reference trajectories
🚀 Pilot: coordinating it all to make the agilicious magic happen

Check them out!

Flightmare: hubmachina.com/pages/flight...
FlightGoggles: hubmachina.com/pages/flight...
MARSIM: hubmachina.com/pages/marsim
Webots: hubmachina.com/pages/webots
Gazebo: hubmachina.com/pages/gazebo

Here's 5 of them focused on simulation environments for drones and robots:

1. Flightmare by Yunlong Song and Co at EZH's Robotics and Perception Group
2. FlightGoggles by Winter Guerra at MIT's AERA Group.
3. MARSIM by Jacky Kong at HKU's MaRS Lab
4. Webots by Cyberbotics
5. Gazebo by Open Robotics

Stats:

🔋 8 electric motors (one down redundancy)
🏎️ top speed 102km/hr (software limited)
💪 carbon fiber and aluminum frame
🪂 emergency parachute and auto landing system
😻 looks stellar

lidar-utils: hubmachina.com/pages/lidar-...
velodyne_decoder: hubmachina.com/pages/velody...
velodyne-cloud: hubmachina.com/pages/velody...
velodyne_pointcloud: hubmachina.com/pages/velody...

🦀 lidar-utils from the National Taiwan University Embedded Systems Lab
🐍 / C++: velodyne_decoder by @valgur.bsky.social
TypeScript: velodyne-cloud by John Hurliman at Foxglove
🐢 (C++): velodyne_pointcloud on ROS

Check out the summary on Hub Machina and go explore the repo on Github! hubmachina.com/pages/pyrobo...

Check out the summary on Hub Machina and go explore the repo on Github! hubmachina.com/pages/pyrobo...

Ironstone Opal looks like a promising solution. It will be interesting to see how well it operates globally and how sensitive it is to the machine that it is operating on.

Until then, check it out on Hub Machina! hubmachina.com/pages/ironst...

❗Why this matters❗

Being able to operate reliably in GNSS degraded or denied environments is an ongoing issue for reliable positioning for:

🚗 autonomous cars in cities
✈️ commercial aviation, drones and boats when subject to spoofing
🛡️ defense systems when subject to jamming

If you use MoveIt and love it, give it an upvote on Hub Machina to help other engineers find it! hubmachina.com/pages/moveit

MoveIt integrates with ROS (Robot Operating System) and includes capabilities for simulation, visualization, and real-time operation. It is widely used in research and industry for developing robotic applications that require precision and adaptability in motion tasks.

3. Grassmann.jl by the mysterious chakravala hubmachina.com/pages/grassm...
4. ReferenceFrameRotations.jl by Ronan Arraes Jardim Chagas hubmachina.com/pages/refere...

1. Rotations.jl by @hyrodium.bsky.social and Twan Koolen hubmachina.com/pages/rotati...
2. Quaternions.jl by @hyrodium.bsky.social and @sethaxen.com
hubmachina.com/pages/quater...

If you have a favorite ROS package or have authored a package let us know in a reply!