DPE-1Daniel Payne Engineering

RunLast 2026-09-05

Autonomous object-tracking drone

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A PX4 X500 quadcopter that detects and follows a target, running YOLO on a Raspberry Pi 4 with ROS 2 talking to a Pixhawk 6C.

  • Airframe build
  • PX4 setup
  • ROS 2
  • YOLO detection
  • Flight validation
Code on GitHub

The build runs from unboxing and first flight through simulation in Gazebo to outdoor tracking tests. Each stage is written up as its own log below.

Build logs