ROSflight firmware
- Software
- Drones and boats
- Firmware
Core firmware library for ROSflight, a flight controller architecture pairing an autopilot with a companion computer running ROS for offboard control of UAVs.
Made by ROSflight, United States (checked on github.com/rosflight (opens in a new tab)).
Source on GitHub: github.com/rosflight/rosflight_firmware (opens in a new tab). Facts read at commit 089cc40 (opens in a new tab).
Licenses
- Code
- BSD-3-Clause (opens in a new tab)
Read by Robotheca from LICENSE.md (opens in a new tab) (BSD-3-Clause) at commit 089cc40 (opens in a new tab), on 16 Oct 2026.
- Commercial use
- Yes
What it does
- Gives a companion computer a high-bandwidth, low-latency link to the flight controller for sensor data and actuator commands.
- Lets researchers develop autopilot code for multirotor and fixed-wing UAVs without extensive embedded programming.
- Supports software-in-the-loop simulation for rapid testing and development of UAV code.
- Documents its control and estimation algorithms, which the project says are drawn from peer-reviewed sources.
Written by Robotheca from the project's README (opens in a new tab) at commit 089cc40.
Getting started
- Difficulty
- Advanced
- How to start
- The project's README (opens in a new tab)
Maintenance
- Status
- Active: a commit in the last 90 days
- Newest commit
- 24 Aug 2026 on main
- Latest release
- v2.0.1 (11 Mar 2026)
Checked on GitHub on 16 Oct 2026.
Links
Robots that can run it
No robot on Robotheca is linked to it yet. Links come from a robot's robot.yaml, from its dependency files read as text, or from Robotheca's editors.
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