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How to Navigate through the Docs
How to handle our documentation has been always a bit of struggle. For almost 2 years (see this blogpost and this one) we have working on improving the documentation structure, with by transferring...
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Building a Crazyflie thrust stand
Previously we have been using off the shelf scales and other methods to measure characteristics, such as thrust or efficiency, of the Crazyflie products. We thought it was time to build something that...
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IROS 2021: Crazyflie’s adventures in Robotic Research
Last week it was time for the International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS), which is one of the biggest yearly robotics conferences! In previous editions (see 2018 blog post, 2019...
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See you at BAM days!
The BAM days are coming up ! Only 8 days left before the first Bitcraze-organized conference ever. We are really excited about it, and this coming week is pretty much dedicated to organize the...
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Improvements in documentation
We have recently worked on functionality in our web site to generate documentation from source in a few ways that we hope will improve the quality as well as simplify maintenance. We have already...
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Real-time control of a swarm of Crazyflies in artificial forests
This week we have a guest blog post from Enrica Soria from the Laboratory of Intelligent Systems Faculty of Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL) . Enjoy! From Star Wars to Black Mirror,...
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Fun Friday charging and lights
During the preparations for BAM, for example the awesome demo that Kristoffer did (link to demo), we had a lot of discussions about landing on charging pads. The Qi deck is a good solution, but the...
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Where do I add my code?
Sometimes we get the question of where to modify or add code to change some behavior of the Crazyflie. There is no quick answer to this question but we thought that we should write a post to clear up...
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Semiconductor shortage update
The semiconductor/electrical components shortage has not gone unnoticed by now, especially with the news coverage it had so far. It’s effecting most industries dealing with electrical components such...
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Powerful Persistent Parameters
The Crazyflie parameter framework provides a way to get, set and monitor parameters in the quadcopter. Examples of a parameter include which effect the LED ring will display as well as which...
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The State of Crazyflie Simulations
I have returned from my family visit in California, who I’ve haven’t seen them in 3 years due to Covid. To spend the most possible time with them, the plan was that I would still work full time for...
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Santa’s flying helpers
Christmas is just around the corner, and it’s time for the traditionnal Christmas video! This year, we wanted to use the AI deck as we’ve been working hard on this deck for some time now. Showcasing...
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What’s in store for 2022?
We’ve had an exciting year in 2021, and we’re eager to see what 2022 will bring ! Let’s see what’s in the pipeline and what we hope for this new year. Products The AI deck and Bolt out of Early Access...
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Looking back at 2021
2021 is coming to an end. As we’re about to flip the page on a new calendar, let’s take a look at what happened during this past year. Community It’s no news to you, but keeping in touch with our...
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A Modified EKF for Constant Altitude Flights
Today we will have a guest blogpost by Dominik Natter, working in the Robotics & Control group at SINTEF in Trondheim, Norway. Enjoy!! In this blogpost we will teach you how to fly the Crazyflie...
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Improved Lighthouse geometry estimation
Base station geometry estimation is a function in the python client (in the lighthouse tab), where the system estimates the position and orientation of the base stations. The user places the Crazyflie...
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Introduction to Robotics at Princeton
This week we have a guest blog post from Anirudha Majumdar from Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering, Princeton University. Enjoy ! Overview The course “Introduction to Robotics” at Princeton (MAE...
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New release: 2022.1
We are thrilled to announce the new 2022.1 release of the Crazyflie firmwares, library and client! There have been a lot of bug fixes, polishing and new features and we are glad we finally get to...
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Using Wireshark with the Crazyflie
You might, or might not have heard about a tool called Wireshark, it is quite popular in the software development world. Wireshark is a free and open-source packet analyzer. It is used for network...
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The Toolbelt – Making development easier
The Toolbelt has been around for a pretty long time but we have not been that good at promoting it and documentation is unfortunately a bit sparse. In this blog post we will talk a bit about the...
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