Cybflight: An Embedded Rust Autopilot for Aerial Robotics Research

arXiv:2609.31232 · cs.RO · Submitted 2026-09-25 · Read on arXiv

cs.RO

Submitted: 2026-09-25

Updated: 2026-09-25

Code: https://github.com/cybird-robotics/cybflight

Terminology

• Core — 6× in this paper · explained in 2 episodes
• Abstraction — 1× in this paper · explained in 1 episode
• Model Predictive Control (MPC) — 1× in this paper · explained in 5 episodes
• Modularity — 1× in this paper · explained in 9 episodes
• Nonlinear Model Predictive Control (NMPC) — 1× in this paper · explained in 3 episodes

Sources

• MonoRace: Winning Champion-Level Drone Racing with Robust Monocular AI
• Aggressive Trajectory Tracking for Nano Quadrotors Using Embedded Nonlinear Model Predictive Control
• Rusty Flying Robots: Learning a Full Robotics Stack with Real-Time Operation on an STM32 Microcontroller in a 9 ECTS MS Course

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