# ABRA Autonomous Fire-Fighting UAV

> A rotary-wing UAV carrying a water tank and flying autonomous routes, built for the fire-extinguishing theme of the Teknofest 2020 TÜBİTAK UAV competition.

URL: https://furkanisikay.com/projects/abra-otonom-yangin-iha/

- Role: Autonomous control & communication software
- Period: 2020
- Status: Teknofest 2020 · Autonomous firefighting
- Tech stack: Python, Multi-threading, C#, Gazebo, MAVLink

## Overview

ABRA is the rotary-wing UAV we built as Team ÖZTÜRK for the fire-extinguishing theme of the Teknofest 2020 TÜBİTAK UAV competition. Carrying a water/extinguishant tank underneath, it was designed to autonomously reach the target and complete the mission.

## My Role

I coded the UAV's autonomous control software in Python with a multi-threading architecture, and built the communication software as a C# desktop app ("ABRA MCU GCS"). The ground station sent labelled mission points (start/end coordinates) to the UAV, which flew the route autonomously; the GCS could also start/stop the autonomy unit remotely.

## Simulation Validation

I validated the autonomous mission logic in Gazebo + MAVProxy by running waypoint missions with real coordinates — testing behaviour before any real flight.

## Outputs & Results

The result was a working autonomous control + ground control software; we were eliminated at the final-report stage. Even so, multi-threaded autonomous flight in Python and a C# ground station matured here and paved the way for the national championship a year later (KAPGAN).

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