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CopterExpress/clover
SDK / API Tier A flight_control MIT
ROS-based framework and RPi image to control PX4-powered drones π
Engineering Snapshot
Use cases & tasks 6
- Best suited for
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- education
- ROS developers targeting PX4
- Raspberry Pi companion computer deployments
- Primary tasks
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- Controlling PX4 drones via ROS
- Teaching robotics with quadcopters
- Implementing ArUco/optical-flow CV on drone
Stack & ecosystem
- Resource type
- SDK / API
- Ecosystem
- aruco Β· computer-vision Β· drone Β· education Β· mavros Β· optical-flow
License & compliance
- License
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MIT(Inferred)
Lifecycle & freshness Show
- Maintenance
- Active
- Latest version
- Not recorded
- Last activity
- 2026-08-11
- Last checked
- 2026-08-13
- Verification
- Official confirmed
What It Solves
Provide a ROS-centric software framework and Raspberry Pi image to control PX4-powered drones with built-in CV (ArUco, optical flow) for education and prototyping.
Primary use cases
- Controlling PX4 drones via ROS
- Teaching robotics with quadcopters
- Implementing ArUco/optical-flow CV on drone
Secondary use cases
- Using MAVROS for PX4 telemetry
- Rapid autonomous quadcopter prototyping
When to Use
Consider when
- Need ready-to-use RPi image
- Target is PX4-compatible autopilot
- Prefer ROS workflow
Verify before adopting
- MIT license is inferred, confirm in repo
- No explicit hardware targets listed
- No version/release metadata provided
Start Here
Adoption Checklist
- Needs verification MIT license is inferred, confirm in repo
- Needs verification No explicit hardware targets listed
- Needs verification No version/release metadata provided
Each check stays "needs verification" until an official source confirms it; unconfirmed items are never marked verified.
Known Limitations & Unknowns
Known limitations
- License status inferred not confirmed
- No hardware targets specified
- No latest version info
Not publicly verified
- Supported PX4 versions
- ROS distro compatibility
- Non-RPi platform support
Alternatives & Related Tools
Related tools
- px4-autopilot β Integrates with
- px4-autopilot β depends on
How is it used?
Start from the recorded entry points below, then validate against the technical checklist.
- Official site https://clovercoex.tech
- Repository https://github.com/CopterExpress/clover
- Documentation https://clovercoex.tech
Technical checklist
- OK License identified Recorded: MIT
- OK Maintenance signal Active
- OK Verification status Official confirmed
- OK Source evidence attached 1 source record(s)
- NEEDS REVIEW Latest version recorded Not recorded
Official Links
Metadata & Governance
| License | MIT β Inferred |
|---|---|
| Commercial model | Unknown |
| Maintenance status | Active |
| Verification status | Official confirmed β Confirmed via the official repository API responses in SourceRefs below. |
| Latest version | Not recorded |
| Latest release | Not recorded |
| Last activity | 2026-08-11 |
| Last checked | 2026-08-13 |
| First seen | Not recorded |
Related Resources & Dependencies
- px4-autopilot β integrates with (confirmed)
- px4-autopilot β depends on (confirmed)
Recent Activity
New resource: clover
New repository resource added by the sprint promote pipeline.
Related Knowledge
Collections
- GCS and Telemetry Protocols β Ground control software and telemetry protocol repositories for command, monitoring and integration work.
- MAVLink Ecosystem β The protocol and its reference consumers for building or evaluating MAVLink-based UAV integrations.
- PX4 Development and Simulation Toolkit β The components needed to build a local PX4 development and software-in-the-loop verification loop.