XTDrone
- Software
- Drones and boats
- Simulator
XTDrone is a simulation platform for drones and other unmanned systems, built on PX4, ROS and Gazebo, so algorithms tested in it can be deployed to real vehicles.
Source on GitHub: github.com/robin-shaun/XTDrone (opens in a new tab). Facts read at commit 68c2bc6 (opens in a new tab).
Licenses
- Code
- MIT (opens in a new tab)
Read by Robotheca from LICENSE (opens in a new tab) (MIT) at commit 68c2bc6 (opens in a new tab), on 16 Oct 2026.
- Commercial use
- Yes
What it does
- Simulates multirotors, fixed-wing and hybrid VTOL aircraft, plus unmanned ground vehicles, boats and aerial robotic arms.
- Supports single-vehicle and multi-vehicle simulation architectures described in its referenced papers.
- Lets developers quickly validate algorithms such as visual SLAM, visual-inertial navigation and dense reconstruction.
- Covers 2D and 3D motion planning, swarm planning, target detection and tracking, and multi-drone formation and precision landing.
- A successor for ROS2, XTDrone2, has been released.
Written by Robotheca from the project's README (opens in a new tab) at commit 68c2bc6.
Getting started
- Difficulty
- Intermediate
- How to start
- The project's README (opens in a new tab)
Maintenance
- Status
- Active: a commit in the last 90 days
- Newest commit
- 14 Oct 2026 on master
- Latest release
- None published on GitHub
Checked on GitHub on 16 Oct 2026.
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