CiThruS2: Open-Source Virtual Environment for Simulating Real-Time Drone Operations and Piloting

Emilian Galazka; Arttu Leppäaho; Jarno Vanne

doi:10.1109/IAVVC57316.2023.10328132

CiThruS2: Open-Source Virtual Environment for Simulating Real-Time Drone Operations and Piloting

Emilian Galazka, Arttu Leppäaho, Jarno Vanne

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Abstract

Drone technology is gaining ground in many civilian, commercial, and military applications. However, the ever-increasing complexity of modern drones makes their conventional real-world testing impractical, so drone technology and service providers are turning to virtual simulation platforms for shorter times to market and lower development costs. This paper introduces the latest version of our See-Through Sight 2 (CiThruS2) open-source simulation framework that brings support for lifelike simulation of drone operations and piloting in real time. Our realistic virtual city twin comes with various zones, such as a city center, residential areas, bodies of water, and forests. This supplies the virtual drone flights with photorealistic aerial views of city life with a day and night cycle and various weather conditions. Our simulator reaches a 4K rendering speed of up to 60 frames per second on an NVIDIA GTX 1060 graphics card. The high visual fidelity and real-time performance make CiThruS2 a suitable platform for many virtual use cases like vision-based remote piloting, environment perception, cargo delivery, Internet-of-Drones, and visual data collection.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	2023 IEEE International Automated Vehicle Validation Conference (IAVVC) Proceedings
Publisher	IEEE
Pages	1-8
ISBN (Electronic)	979-8-3503-2253-8
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/IAVVC57316.2023.10328132
Publication status	Published - 2023
Publication type	A4 Article in conference proceedings
Event	IEEE International Automated Vehicle Validation Conference (IAVVC) - Austin, United States Duration: 16 Oct 2023 → 18 Oct 2023

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Conference	IEEE International Automated Vehicle Validation Conference (IAVVC)
Country/Territory	United States
City	Austin
Period	16/10/23 → 18/10/23

Keywords

CiThruS2
open-source software
photorealism
real-time simulation
Unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV)

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ASJC Scopus subject areas

Artificial Intelligence
Automotive Engineering
Safety, Risk, Reliability and Quality
Control and Optimization
Modelling and Simulation
Instrumentation

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Galazka, E, Leppäaho, A & Vanne, J 2023, CiThruS2: Open-Source Virtual Environment for Simulating Real-Time Drone Operations and Piloting. in 2023 IEEE International Automated Vehicle Validation Conference (IAVVC) Proceedings. IEEE, pp. 1-8, IEEE International Automated Vehicle Validation Conference (IAVVC), Austin, Texas, United States, 16/10/23. https://doi.org/10.1109/IAVVC57316.2023.10328132

CiThruS2: Open-Source Virtual Environment for Simulating Real-Time Drone Operations and Piloting. / Galazka, Emilian; Leppäaho, Arttu; Vanne, Jarno.
2023 IEEE International Automated Vehicle Validation Conference (IAVVC) Proceedings. IEEE, 2023. p. 1-8.

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