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Veloxity: Memory-Safe Drone Firmware in Rust

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Derek Ward and co-authors released Veloxity, an open-source embedded drone autopilot written entirely in the memory-safe Rust language, providing a minimal, modular foundation for autonomous drones. The authors report that in simulation, hardware test bench, and outdoor waypoint-tracking flight tests, comparing Veloxity with comparable autopilots written in C++, the results showed functional equivalence and better performance, indicating that memory-safe languages can be used for reliable and high-performance autonomous aerospace firmware.

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  1. Veloxity: Memory-Safe UAV Embedded Firmware Written in Rust

    The authors present Veloxity, an open-source embedded UAV autopilot written entirely in the memory-safe Rust language, offering a minimal, modular foundation for autonomous drones. They compared it with equivalent C++ autopilots in simulation, on hardware testbenches, and in outdoor waypoint-tracking flight tests; the results showed functional parity with improved performance, indicating that memory-safe languages can be used for reliable, high-performance autonomous aerospace firmware.

    arXiv cs.RO ·

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