Prometheus (AMOV Lab)
- Software
- Drones and boats
- Framework
Prometheus is an open-source software platform for autonomous drones, built on PX4 flight firmware and ROS, covering control, planning and object detection with demos and a simulator.
Made by amov-lab.
Source on GitHub: github.com/amov-lab/Prometheus (opens in a new tab). Facts read at commit 5dcd8cf (opens in a new tab).
Licenses
- Code
- Apache-2.0 (opens in a new tab)
Read by Robotheca from LICENSE (opens in a new tab) (Apache-2.0) at commit 5dcd8cf (opens in a new tab), on 22 Oct 2026.
- Commercial use
- Yes
What it does
- Provides a complete onboard-computer software system for autonomous drone flight, layered on the PX4 flight controller and ROS.
- Integrates research areas including control, path planning and target detection, with several functional demos.
- Ships with Amovlab simulation components for testing before flying real hardware.
- Requires basic C knowledge, with some C++ and Python; PX4 internals are optional but basic concepts are needed.
- Offers a usage manual, a community Q&A forum and periodic live Q&A sessions from the development team.
- Lists paid companion products such as a development drone platform, frames, onboard computers, stereo cameras and lidar from the same lab.
Written by Robotheca from the project's README (opens in a new tab) at commit 5dcd8cf.
Getting started
- Difficulty
- Advanced
- How to start
- The project's website (opens in a new tab)
Maintenance
- Status
- Maintained: a commit in the last 12 months
- Newest commit
- 21 Nov 2025 on main
- Latest release
- Stable Release v1.0 (1 Feb 2021)
Checked on GitHub on 22 Oct 2026.
Links
Robots that can run it
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