Helicopter Laboratory mainly focuses on the development of hover capable aerial vehicles with autonomous capabilities. At present, hover capable configurations of vehicles available are quadrotors and conventional mini-helicopters. The major area of research focus is on the development of indigenous autopilot system consisting of microcontrollers, sensors, actuators and wireless communication, data processing, control, navigation algorithms. In addition, several test rigs have been developed for the characterization of brushless motors, and for testing the control algorithm for stabilization of quadrotors. Development of mathematical formulation for various manoeuvres in auto mode, and implementation and flight testing of the vehicle in an outdoor environment are other key areas of research undertaken in this laboratory. The software architecture and source code for all tasks are fully developed in this lab. Further, the lab also aims at the design and development of mechanical hardware of multi-rotors and helicopters.