Black Bee Drones Open-Sources Nectar SDK for Autonomous UAVs
TL;DR. Brazilian student team Black Bee Drones released Nectar SDK, an open-source ROS 2 toolkit for autonomous UAV companion computers, streamlining drone control and perception. - The SDK unifies interfaces for cameras, control, and perception, eliminating the need to rebuild systems for each mission. - It supports various flight controllers like ArduPilot and PX4, running on hardware such as Jetson Orin Nano and Raspberry Pi. - Nectar SDK has been used successfully in competitive drone events and research since its 2023 development.
- Black Bee Drones released Nectar SDK, an open-source ROS 2 toolkit for autonomous UAVs.
- Nectar SDK provides a unified interface for drone control, cameras, and perception on companion computers.
- The toolkit is compatible with multiple flight firmwares and runs on popular embedded platforms.
- It has been validated in drone competitions and research environments.
Sources
- Nectar SDK: ROS 2 companion stack for autonomous UAVs — discourse.openrobotics.org