Curriculum
Fly often — fly far. Learn by doing.
Build real autonomy, step by step.
The Operation Squirrel curriculum takes students from zero to deployed autonomous flight systems through hands-on robotics and AI projects.
Students learn by flying early and flying often — incrementally unlocking new skills as they design, test, and refine real autonomy software. Progress is built through small, compounding wins, where failure is a tool, not a setback.
The result is practical, career-relevant experience in robotics, software, and autonomous systems — not just theory.
Foundations and Flight Readiness
Set up the autonomous development environment on Jetson Orin Nano and learn the core tools used to work with the drone.
Autonomous Flight Systems
Design an autonomous flight control stack and implement closed-loop flight control and smoothing.
