Andrei Korigodskii
CTO, Copter Express
CTO, Copter Express
Aleksey Shlykov
COO, Copter Express
Oleg Kalachev
Lead Developer, Copter Express
This session introduces an educational platform based on PX4 hardware and software, which also consists of open-source libraries, free Raspberry Pi image for drone control, documentation and hardware drone kit. Thousands of students in Russian schools, colleges and centers of STEM education use this educational kit, and developed and performed autonomous flights in OFFBOARD mode via simple ROS API. This session will also introduce the drone challenges and competitions that have been organized using this platform, and will seek inputs on how to promote this initiative in other regions of the world.