Autonomous drone · 2026
NIDAR AirMouse
A GPS-denied quadcopter that searches a covered, damaged building on its own, maps it and tags survivors.
The problem
Search and rescue indoors, with no GPS, debris everywhere and no pilot.
What I built
ROS 2 stack with LiDAR SLAM, Nav2 frontier exploration, a 30 Hz reactive collision shield and OpenCV survivor detection that stamps finds onto the map.
Outcome
Full autonomous missions in Gazebo: take off, explore a 15 × 15 m maze, tag survivors and land.
Built with
- ROS 2
- Nav2
- Gazebo
- MAVROS
- OpenCV
- Python