Feature highlights

Philosophy

  • We believe in open-source. Skybrush Suite is built as open as possible for you, to see behind the scenes and dig as deep as you wish. We are proud of our code; we have nothing to hide. We share what we can and surround ourselves with others who also understand why sharing is good.

  • We think in swarms. Our mindset is based on world-leading drone swarm research since 2010, spiced with drone show operations and drone show software development from the beginning.

  • We eat our own dogfood. We only sell software that we test and use ourselves actively.

  • We serve our customers. The vision of the Skybrush Suite is to provide full-cycle automation for drone shows and drone swarm missions from design to execution and beyond. All dedicated to you to enjoy and use.

Drone compatibility

  • Latest stable ArduCopter codebase for outdoor drones with dedicated show flight mode (open-source codebase)

  • Compatible with most of the show drones built on autopilots of the Pixhawk/MAVLink family

  • Inherently diverse flight controller and sensor support due to ArduCopter’s lively and blossoming ecosystem

  • Crazyflie support for indoor drone shows

  • CollMot’s FlockCtrl support for onboard swarm level intelligence for industrial projects (swarm-level path planning, onboard collision avoidance, fleet-level missions with collective intelligence)

  • Modular and clean structure enables simple integration of new drone types upon request

Scalable communication

  • Multiple communication channel support (Wi-Fi + radio)

  • RC transmitter communication support

  • Dedicated compact show-specific status messages

  • Individal or swarm addressing even in very large swarms

High-precision show execution

  • Compatibility with latest stable releases for state-of-the-art drone control integration

  • EKF3 support in ArduCopter with redundant lanes/cores and smart error handling and correction

  • Swarm SITL simulation framework for tuning, testing, quick development

  • Horizontal and vertical drift logging for high-precision real-time warnings and log post-processing

  • Versatile configuration options and tools for highest-grade precision-tuning

  • Centimeter-level positioning with RTK/RTCM handling even on multiple redundant channels

  • Versatile indoor positioning system support, including UWB, infra and video based solutions

Versatile LED support

  • Three (RGB) or four (RGBW) channel LED light support

  • More than a dozen different LED types supported

  • Diverse configuration options for each LED driver

  • Gamma correction and other options for high-precision color space tuning

  • High-frequency output with no flickering

Advanced pyro integration

  • Multi-channel pyro support with automated triggering

  • Dedicated pyro parameters for versatile user configuration

  • Multiple supported pyro device types, including Cobra, Servo/Relay-based triggering and more upon request

  • Integrated and configurable safety checks for safe triggering

  • Configuration parameters for precision timing of pyro appearance

  • Safe pyro testing functionality

Safety first

  • General and show-specific preflight checks

  • Automatic or manual geofence with easy setup parameters

  • Hard geofence and bubble geofence support

  • Multiple (encrypted) communication channel support

  • Software + remote controller and software-only control modes are both supported

  • User-triggered land or return-to-home modes

  • Versatile configuration options for fulfilling local safety requirements anywhere in the World