Our first drone-based platform located the controller and drones with UWB/GPS tracking and coordinated everything through a ground-control station.
Airena pre-visualization (embedded from Google Drive).
This generation proved that real drones make great targets — the UWB/GPS tracking and ground-control rig were powerful but complex to deploy and calibrate. Those lessons shaped the current platform and its scoring approach.
Engineering diagrams, the mocap tracking preview, and the ground-control system design are archived and available on request.