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Show HN: I wrote a multicopter simulation library in Python

by hazrmard on 11/13/23, 8:01 PM with 4 comments

Documentation: https://multirotor.readthedocs.io/en/latest/

Source code: https://github.com/hazrmard/multirotor

Demo/Quickstart: https://multirotor.readthedocs.io/en/latest/Quickstart.html

There are many simulation libraries out there. For example AirSim using Unreal Engine, several implementations in Unity3D, Matlab toolboxes. I wanted a simple hackable codebase with which to experiment.

So, I wrote this. Propellers, motors, batteries, airframe are their own components and can be mixed and matched. The code lets you create any number of propellers, and an optimization function learns a PID controller for that vehicle. Additionally, there are convenience functions to visualize in 3D and sensor measurements.

Please let me know what you think :)