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Asel Alibekova

MIT BeaverWorks Autonomous Drone Racing

Aerospace/Mechanical · Summer 2026

Overview

At MIT BWSI, I explored autonomous drone technology through hands-on work with drone hardware, ROS2 and navigation systems. In our team, I was responsible for all the hardware on the drone, and assisted on programming and Raspberry Pi/Ubuntu navigation. The program introduced me to groundbreaking research in robotics and autonomous systems through conversations and presentations with MIT professors and industry experts.

MIT BeaverWorks Autonomous Drone Racing

Gallery · 06 items

  • 01

    Drone

    This is the drone we were working and modifying.

  • 02

    My teammate and I working on installing the legs I designed and printed, which another team later on used.

  • 03 · Video

    Autonomous flight

  • 04 · Video

    Autonomous flight

  • 05

    ROS2

    Running XQuartz on my Mac, I ssh'ed into our raspberry Pi to look at the different nodes and topics.

  • 06

    Draper Tour

    During BWSI, we had the opportunity to visit Draper Labs, which is best known for developing the Apollo Guidance Computer, the first silicon integrated circuit-based computer.