Decentralised Drone Swarm Sytem with Digital-twin Infrastructure | UNSW Canberra
Jul 2025 - Dec 2026
The swarming quadrotor fleet
Author
Binh Nguyen
Jul 01, 2025
Leading system development for a decentralised drone swarm framework for Defence applications at UNSW Canberra, with end-to-end responsibility from architecture through integration, testing, deployment, and handover to industry stakeholders.
Architected a modular, scalable software stack using ROS2, enabling reusable integration across navigation, perception, communication, and task allocation subsystems with CI/CD pipelines from simulation to real hardware
Built and maintained a full-stack containerised simulation and digital-twin infrastructure (ROS2, NVIDIA Isaac Sim) for development, system-level integration testing, and deployment-readiness validation
Led cross-discipline system integration across embedded software, hardware, sensor payloads, localisation systems, and communication links, identifying failure modes and subsystem interaction issues through structured ground and flight testing
Designed swarm testing scenarios and validation procedures, operational safety protocols, and human-swarm interaction interfaces; mentoring engineers on simulation and validation workflows
Designed, procured, built, and successfully flight-tested a complete experimental quadrotor platform from scratch within three months at UNSW Canberra, demonstrating rapid iterative build-test-refine cycles.