Congratulations to Adrian Ahmadi and Hadis Noori from the Computer Engineering program at Halmstad University. They have received the scholarship for their thesis titled “Coordinated Multi-drone Pattern Formation with Crazyflies and Lighthouse Positioning System”
The thesis presents design, implementation, and evaluation of a coordinated multi-drone formation system using Crazyflie quadcopters and the Lighthouse indoor positioning. The authors implemented various quad formations with low positioning errors and later demonstrated the system’s capability through a fire detection case study using YOLO-based computer vision. Finally, a Graphical User Interface (GUI) was developed to allow users to select and execute different formations and perform fire-detection without requiring prior coding experience. The proposed system can be applied in various applications with societal benefits such as search and rescue operations and disaster response.