# Atmaca — LLM-Powered Autonomous UAV

> An experimental UAV you command in plain (natural) language; a language model (Gemma 3) interprets the commands and turns them into autonomous flight.

URL: https://furkanisikay.com/projects/atmaca-iha/

- Role: Sole developer
- Period: 2025 – Güncel
- Status: Open source · R&D
- Tech stack: Python, Gemma 3 (LLM), Ollama, DroneKit, MAVLink, ArduPilot SITL

## Overview

Atmaca is my LLM-powered autonomous-flight project where you control a UAV with plain English/Turkish commands. Everyday instructions like "take off and go north" or "climb 10 meters" are interpreted by a language model (Gemma 3) acting as the drone's brain and turned into flight.

## How It Works

The system splits into a "brain" and a "body". The brain is a Gemma 3 model running on Ollama; it converts the user's text command into a structured JSON decision (e.g. "takeoff 10 m"). The body runs on Python + DroneKit; it receives the JSON over HTTP, translates it into MAVLink commands for the UAV (SITL or real) and feeds telemetry back.

## Outputs & Status

The result is a working demo and an autonomous-flight test video (v3.5). I published it open-source (MIT) on GitHub — a pioneering R&D effort showing end-to-end natural-language UAV control.

## Live status


## Links

- https://github.com/furkanisikay/llm-uav
- https://youtu.be/tUha-ppphDM

## To build something like this

- Free discovery call: https://www.softivation.com/book-online
- E-mail: contact@furkanisikay.com
- Phone / WhatsApp: +90 850 242 21 60