# SkyOps · C Level Hideout

> AI drone mission assistant: a large language model turns plain-language commands into flight plans. A real, live project from C Level Hideout: what it does and how it was built.

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## SkyOps

AI drone mission assistant: a large language model turns plain-language commands into flight plans.

Category

AIWeb app

Developers

Anupun Khumthong+2 more

![SkyOps](https://hideoutlab.dev/works/skyops.webp)

SkyOps is an AI drone mission assistant built by Bangkok University's Center of Specialty Innovation. It uses a large language model (ChatGPT) to turn mission commands written in everyday language into structured flight plans a drone control system can run, so operators can task a drone without technical expertise or writing code.

### The AI

-   A large language model reads each chat message and turns it into drone commands, such as sow.rotate("90")
-   A later version adds computer vision on the drone's own camera

### How it works

-   Type a command such as "Survey the warehouse area on the north side at 9 a.m."
-   SkyOps works out the place, the time and what the mission is for
-   It builds a flight plan with coordinates, flight paths and parameters
-   The plan goes to the drone control system over MQTT or a drone SDK
-   Change, cancel or add to a mission while it runs, in the same chat
-   It learns from commands and mission types you use often

### Made for

-   Security patrols and surveillance
-   Agriculture, such as fertilizing farmland
-   Logistics and parcel delivery
-   Search, rescue and disaster response

### Results

-   60% less time to set up a mission
-   Used in 20 real-world missions
-   A complete working prototype

### Built with

-   ChatGPT (large language model)
-   Computer vision on the drone camera
-   Unity, for the drone simulation
-   Node.js and MQTT
-   Next.js and Tailwind CSS

### Screenshots

#### From the demo

Each chat message becomes a drone command, and SkyOps reports back as it runs

Ask for a photo and the drone takes one from where it is

The drone taking off in the Unity simulation

Fertilizing farmland, one command for the whole field

### Demo video

[SkyOps: Demo video](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=El7D6AWyukg)

[View project](https://cosi.bu.ac.th/projects/skyops)

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