XTDrone/README.en.md

# XTDrone

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#### Description

XTdrone is a customizable Multi-Rotor UAVs simulation platform based on PX4 and ROS. Now the simulator of XTDrone is Gazebo, and the connection to Airsim is being developed. 

Architecture for single vehicle simulation is shown as the below figure.  For more details, see the paper

Xiao, K., Tan, S., Wang, G., An, X., Wang, X., Wang, X.: Xtdrone: A customizable multi-rotor uavs simulation platform. arXiv preprint **[ arXiv:2003.09700](https://arxiv.org/abs/2003.09700)** (2020)

<img src="./image/architecture1.png" width="640" height="480" /> 

Architecture for multiple vehicle simulation is shown as the below figure.  For more details, see the paper

Xiao, K., Ma, L., Tan, S., Cong, Y., Wang, X.: Implementation of UAV Coordination Based on a Hierarchical Multi-UAV Simulation Platform. arXiv preprint **[ arXiv:2005.01125](https://arxiv.org/abs/2005.01125)** (2020)

<img src="./image/architecture2.png" width="640" />

Developers can quickly verify algorithms with XTDrone, such as:

1. Object Detection and Tracking
<img src="./image/human_tracking.gif" width="640" height="368" /> 

2. Visual SLAM
<img src="./image/vslam.gif" width="640" height="368" /> 

3. 2D Laser SLAM
<img src="./image/laser_slam_2d.gif" width="640" height="368" /> 

4. 3D Laser SLAM

  <img src="./image/laser_slam_3d.gif" width="640" height="368"/>

5. VIO 
    <img src="./image/vio.gif" width="640" height="368" />  

6. Motion Planning
    <img src="./image/motion_planning.gif" width="640" height="368" />  

7. Formation
    <img src="./image/cooperation.gif" width="640" height="368" />  

8. Self driving
    <img src="./image/self_driving.gif" width="640" height="368" />  


#### User manual

 [XTDrone Manual](https://www.yuque.com/xtdrone/manual_en)

#### Developing Team

- Founders: Kun Xiao, Shaochang Tan
- Developers: Kun Xiao, Shaochang Tan, Guanzheng Wang, Lan Ma, Qipeng Wang, Keyan Chen

#### Thanks to Contributers

Changhao Sun
Yao He