What do unmanned vehicles need for reliable autonomy development? A modular flight controller brings open standards, redundant sensing, and flexible interfaces.
YARI Robotics has launched the YARI V6X, a modular flight controller and autopilot platform for small unmanned aerial and robotic vehicles. Designed and built in India, the FMUv6X Pixhawk-compatible controller supports platforms including copters, fixed-wing aircraft, VTOLs, rovers, boats, underwater ROVs, and other custom systems.
The controller is designed to give developers a reusable hardware platform for demanding unmanned-vehicle applications. Its compatibility with established open-source autopilot ecosystems allows teams to develop using either PX4 or ArduPilot, while its interfaces support integration with companion computers, sensors, payloads, and other vehicle electronics.
At the hardware level, V6X uses an STM32H743 flight-computation platform and a three-device IIM-42653 SmartIndustrial IMU array with extended temperature support. The design incorporates isolated sensor domains and a redundant architecture to improve system resilience during operation.
The flight controller also uses active IMU thermal stabilisation and a vibration-isolated IMU arrangement. Ethernet connectivity and additional integration interfaces provide options for connecting the controller with other onboard systems. The platform has undergone field and laboratory testing, alongside internal hardware test automation.
The controller is based on Pixhawk open standards and supports both PX4 Autopilot and ArduPilot at launch. This allows developers to retain established software workflows while building vehicles around a common hardware platform.
The company is also developing software infrastructure around its vehicle hardware, including tools for analysing data generated during testing and operations. “We started YARI Robotics to build practical autonomy infrastructure for unmanned-vehicle teams, from the hardware inside the vehicle to the software workflows engineers use after every test,” says Karthik Arumugham, Founder and Managing Director, YARI Robotics.
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