Use-Cases and Applications

Use Cases

• Submersible ROV

• Observation and exploration

• Wreck discovery and documenting

• Photography and videography

• Boat, equipment, and infrastructure inspection

• Biological sampling and surveying

• Underwater retrieval

• Academic and research projects

• ROV and AUV competitions

• Autonomous Vehicle Collision Avoidance

• 3d Mapping
• First Person View (FPV)
• Multi-Vehicle Flying
• Non-GPS Positioning Systems

Vehicle Types

ArduPilot can support many vehicles types: Planes, Multicopter, Helicopter, Rover, Subs, Boats, Blimps, Sailboats, VTOL Planes….and its even used on an orbiting satellite!

Its not only used for autonomous operation but as basic stabilization for pilot controlled vehicles.

See all the supported vehicle types and frames here