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Bitcraze
Bitcraze designs and manufactures the Crazyflie, an open-source sub-30g autonomous nano-quadcopter, together with its full onboard autonomy stack: firmware, flight control, and perception (IMU, optical-flow, ToF, camera). It also builds its own indoor localization systems (Loco/UWB and Lighthouse positioning) and an AI expansion deck, plus SDKs and a simulator, enabling autonomous single-drone and multi-drone swarm flight. Products are sold commercially through the Bitcraze store to research labs, universities, and companies worldwide.
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Crazyflie 2.1+
- Open-source nano-quadcopter platform supporting autonomous scripting and swarm flight
Palm-sized quadrotor drone with onboard flight control and low-latency long-range radio plus Bluetooth LE; controllable via Crazyradio or autonomous scripts
Claim source - New propellers and lighter battery improve flight duration and thrust by up to 15%
47-17 propellers plus a 1g-lighter battery of equal capacity, yielding up to 15% improvement in flight time and thrust over the Crazyflie 2.1
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Crazyflie 2.1 Brushless
- 32g brushless nano-drone with ~10 minutes autonomy and up to 40g payload
Open-source flying development platform with four 08028-10000KV brushless motors (up to 30g thrust each), integrated ESCs, ~10 min flight time on standard battery, and 40g max recommended payload
Claim source - Supports autonomous scripting, gamepad, and PC control via radio/Bluetooth LE
Low-latency long-range radio plus Bluetooth LE; flyable autonomously via scripts or manually via Crazyradio 2.0 / gamepad
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Crazyflie Bolt 1.1
- Flight controller for building custom brushed/brushless drones of larger size
Open flight-control board from the Crazyflie ecosystem used to construct larger custom autonomous drones
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