# Autonomy Overview Video **URL:** \ **Category:** AVR Drone Software\ **Created:** [October 25, 2023, 4:59pm UTC](https://forum.theavr.org/t/autonomy-overview-video/688 "2023-10-25T16:59:44Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![droneblocks](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex007/user_avatar/forum.theavr.org/droneblocks/32/159_2.png) [@droneblocks](https://forum.theavr.org/u/droneblocks)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2023, 4:59pm UTC](https://forum.theavr.org/t/autonomy-overview-video/688/1 "2023-10-25T16:59:44Z")
Recently we’ve been seeing more questions popping up related to autonomous flight in the AVR competition. I put together a demonstration video to help clarify some things. There are a lot of moving parts (literally!) when it comes to waypoint navigation. Please be sure to review the video overview here: [https://bellflight.github.io/AVR-2022/autonomy-and-beyond/](https://bellflight.github.io/AVR-2022/autonomy-and-beyond/) as well as the FCM README file: > > > //github.com/bellflight/AVR-2022/tree/main/VMC/fcm Please don’t hesitate to follow up with any questions or concerns! ---
**Author:** ![droneblocks](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex007/user_avatar/forum.theavr.org/droneblocks/32/159_2.png) [@droneblocks](https://forum.theavr.org/u/droneblocks)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2023, 5:12pm UTC](https://forum.theavr.org/t/autonomy-overview-video/688/2 "2023-10-25T17:12:51Z")
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**Author:** ![Tig](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex007/user_avatar/forum.theavr.org/tig/32/215_2.png) [@Tig](https://forum.theavr.org/u/Tig)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2023, 9:53pm UTC](https://forum.theavr.org/t/autonomy-overview-video/688/3 "2023-10-25T21:53:57Z")
Okay so last time our team looked into this aspect, someone else on here, I think Nathan, said autonomous AVR flight is not supported/possible. So I’m confused now, because from my understanding of the rules, the AVR gets autonomous points if the peripherals are autonomous, even if the pilot is hand flying it in Phases 1 and 2. So are we expected to shoot for autonomous flight or not? ---
**Author:** ![Tig](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex007/user_avatar/forum.theavr.org/tig/32/215_2.png) [@Tig](https://forum.theavr.org/u/Tig)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2023, 10:02pm UTC](https://forum.theavr.org/t/autonomy-overview-video/688/4 "2023-10-25T22:02:26Z")
> [@Autonomous Code Snippets](http://forum.theavr.org/t/autonomous-code-snippets/610/2): > > Controlling the propellers directly is not really something you’re going to be able to do. PX4 is ultimately talking with the ESCs, and PX4 thinks more in terms of “where I am, and where do I want to go” rather than raw propeller speed. The closest thing you’ll probably be able to do is quickly arm and disarm the drone on the ground to spin the propellers briefly. this is the post I’m thinking of ---
**Author:** ![HPT1-Row\_Dyer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/ce7236/32.png) [@HPT1-Row\_Dyer](https://forum.theavr.org/u/HPT1-Row_Dyer)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2023, 10:26pm UTC](https://forum.theavr.org/t/autonomy-overview-video/688/5 "2023-10-25T22:26:08Z")
what the original post was asking about was a direct way to control propellers, such as that which you _can_ do in Q-Ground Control, whenever you can set a certain power to each individual motor. The post went on the clarify that you can do autonomous flight by sending messages via MQTT telling it to go to certain areas, as shown: [Autonomous Code Snippets - #3 by Jonah](http://forum.theavr.org/t/autonomous-code-snippets/610/3) and [Autonomous Code Snippets - #4 by nathan](http://forum.theavr.org/t/autonomous-code-snippets/610/4) Basically, you cannot directly control individual motors, but you can control where drone goes to by giving it a coordinate ---
**Author:** ![nathan](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex007/user_avatar/forum.theavr.org/nathan/32/4_2.png) [@nathan](https://forum.theavr.org/u/nathan)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2023, 1:47am UTC](https://forum.theavr.org/t/autonomy-overview-video/688/6 "2023-10-26T01:47:28Z")
Sorry for not stating that clearly in the first place. Yes, QGroundControl can control motors independently (only while not airborne I believe). I was interpreting the question as asking about doing so autonomously while airborne (Since QGC can do it, you could probably send raw MAVLink commands to emulate that, but that is outside the scope of AVR) ---
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