Recreating Tello Drone Flight Scenarios Using MATLAB/Simulink
Yosuke Ueda, Tomoyasu Shimada, Xiangbo Kong, Hiroyuki Tomiyama · 2025
Recently, drone technology has been expanding across various fields. In research aimed at the practical implementation of drones, it is common practice to conduct operational experiments in a simulation environment before proceeding to operational experiments using actual aircraft. Furthermore, simulation environments can also be effectively utilized in real-world operational experiments. While capturing aerial views of drones is challenging in real-world settings, simulation environments enable the placement of cameras at arbitrary positions, allowing for multi-perspective observation of drone behavior. In other words, the ability to replicate real-world drone operations in a simulation environment enables repeated observation of actual flight scenarios from diverse angles. In this study, we aimed to recreate Tello drone flight scenarios using MATLAB/Simulink. Initially, we developed a MATLAB program to acquire velocity and attitude information from the in-flight Tello, and a Simulink model to visually reconstruct the Tello's flight based on the acquired data. Subsequently, a validation experiment was conducted, involving the actual operation of the Tello to acquire flight data and reproduce the flight scenario. The results demonstrated the successful reproduction of the flight behavior and the ability to observe the Quadcopter from all perspectives.