suhrudhsarathy/awesome-resources

This repository is a collection of useful (read awesome) resources related to aerodynamics, aerial robots, simulators and geeky stuff.

awesome-resources

This repository contains a curated list of useful (read awesome) resources related to aerodynamics, aerial robots and simulators.

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Table of Contents

• Papers
• Tutorials
• Blogs
• Courses
• Videos
• Repositories

Papers

Localisation

Visual Inertial Odometry

• Iterated extended Kalman filter based visual-inertial odometry using direct photometric feedback (ROVIO) [Paper][Code]
• Keyframe-Based Visual-Inertial Odometry using Nonlinear Optimization (OKVIS) [Paper][Code]
• VINS-Mono: A Robust and Versatile Monocular Visual-Inertial State Estimator [Paper][Code]

Motion Planning

• Minimum Snap Trajectory Generation [Paper] [Code]
• BIT*-based path planning for micro aerial vehicles [Paper][BIT*-Paper]

Tutorials

Blogs

Courses

• Robotics Specialisation
  • [Coursera] Robotics: Aerial Robotics
  • [Coursera] Robotics: Computational Motion Planning
  • [Coursera] Robotics: Mobility
  • [Coursera] Robotics: Perception
  • [Coursera] Robotics: Estimation and Learning

Videos

Talks

• The astounding athletic power of quadcopters
• Artificial Intelligence Podcast by Lex Fridman
• Robotics Today
• MIT RoboSeminars
• Stanford - Robotics and Autonomous Systems Seminar
• CMU RI Robotics Seminars

Repositories

Repositories from BITS Pilani

• GenNav ERC-BPGC [Link]
• Omnibase ERC-BPGC [Link]
• GenRL SforAIDL [Link]

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External Repositories

• Autonomous landing UAV [Link]
• RotorS Simulator ETHZ-ASL [Link]
• Graph Based Exploration Planner (GBPlanner) UNR-ARL [Link]
• Motion Primitives Based Exploration Planner (MBPlanner) UNR-ARL [Link]
• Implementaions of Various Algorithms in Python [Link]
• FASTER: Fast and Safe Trajectory Planner for Flights in Unknown Environments [Link]
• General ROS Navigation (GeRoNa) [Link]
• All about Robotics [Link]
• MAV Trajectory Generation (ETHZ ASL) [Link]

Datasets, Resources and Environments

• Clearpath Robotics Gazebo [Link]
• TU Delft Gazebo Models [Link]
• Dataset of Gazebo Worlds, Models and Maps [Link]