Associated with UTIAS Flight Systems and Control Lab

Drone Racing Project Summary

Summer 2023: Data Collection & Annotation

• Collected flight data from various drone test runs
• Annotated sensor readings and flight logs for supervised learning
• Developed scripts for automated data preprocessing
• Collaborated with lab members to refine annotation protocols

Summer 2024: Data Training & Hardware Integration

• Trained models on collected flight data
• Integrated trained models with drone hardware for real-time testing
• Conducted component test flights and performance evaluations
• Set up CI/CD pipelines for rapid deployment and testing

Summer 2025: Simulation & Trajectory Analysis

• Simulated drone trajectories using Simulink and Gazebo
• Analyzed flight paths and optimized control algorithms
• Developed tools for visualizing and comparing simulated vs. real flight data
• Documented findings and contributed to lab publications