From 1a52fed853edd5839b249b1b78515ab151b3cec5 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: "Robert (Jamie) Munro" Date: Thu, 7 Nov 2019 13:29:59 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] README: Add sentence to explain what project is Copied from http://ardupilot.org/about page. I randomly came across this project on GitHub, and wondered what it was. The README just listed names like ArduPlane, ArduCopter, ArduRover, without saying what any of these things mean. --- README.md | 6 ++++++ 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+) diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index 4ae84d6c27..2da8e6f4f5 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -8,6 +8,12 @@ [![Autotest Status](https://autotest.ardupilot.org/autotest-badge.svg)](https://autotest.ardupilot.org/) +Ardupilot is the most advanced, full-featured and reliable open source autopilot software available. It has +been under development since 2010 by a team of diverse professional engineers and computer scientists. It is +the only autopilot software capable of controlling almost any vehicle system imaginable, from conventional +airplanes, multirotors, and helicopters, to boats and even submarines. And now being expanded to feature +support for new emerging vehicle types such as quad-planes and compound helicopters. + ## The ArduPilot project is made up of: ## - ArduCopter (or APM:Copter) : [code](https://github.com/ArduPilot/ardupilot/tree/master/ArduCopter), [wiki](https://ardupilot.org/copter/index.html)