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 since the beginning.

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

  • 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 (Wifi + 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