With a take-off mass of just under 5 kg, these multi-purpose research platforms are equipped with a powerful main computer, an embedded GPU, and a high resolution camera.
They are utilized for autonomous formation flight for example for aerial motion capture (projects: Aircap, Wildcap, ...) and research on related technologies, such as cooperative perception on aerial vehicles, real time pose and shape estimation.
The vehicles were designed at the Max-Planck-Institute for Intelligent Systems in Tübingen and are equipped with DGNSS/RTK receivers to provide high precision positioning ground truth during outdoor experiments.
https://ps.is.mpg.de/research\_projects/autonomous-mocap
https://www.ifr.uni-stuttgart.de/en/Forschung/Flugrobotik/WildCap-Autonomous-Aerial-Motion-Capture-of-Wild-Animals/