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UAV & Autonomous Systems · 2026

No-Fly Zone Avoidance with A* and Pure Pursuit

A hybrid guidance architecture that combines A* path planning with Pure Pursuit path tracking to avoid no-fly zones received from the competition server.

What I did

  • As a team we researched heuristic search and path planning algorithms.
  • A* generates a safe route that excludes no-fly zones, and Pure Pursuit follows that route smoothly.
  • It could not be tested in the final flight because the airframe did not have enough structural endurance.

Tech stack

  • Python
  • A*
  • Pure Pursuit
  • PX4

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