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ICRA 2026
A Display-Based Testbed for Bridging the Gap between Drone Simulation and Real-World Testing
Kai Cai, Renma Hara
AI summary
A compact display-based testbed successfully bridges simulation and reality by integrating real drone flight with dynamic virtual environments and AR positioning.
Problem
Real-world drone testing is constrained by safety, legal, and spatial limitations, while pure simulations fail to capture realistic physical dynamics and sensing noise.
Approach
The system uses a horizontal display to render virtual environments that shift dynamically as a real drone flies over it, with AR markers enabling precise position estimation and closed-loop control.
Key results
- Successful obstacle-avoidance delivery navigation
- Systematic farmland monitoring path execution
- Disaster zone search and mapping operations
- Effective closed-loop control bridging physical flight and virtual rendering
Why it matters
Enables safe, low-cost, and space-efficient validation of drone algorithms and sensing effects for researchers and developers.
Abstract
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