Set up the Isaac Lab development environment locally and got my first Crazyflie drone running in simulation — laying the groundwork for multi-agent training.
Milestones
- Installed NVIDIA Isaac Sim and Isaac Lab on my local machine, verified hardware can handle the development phase. Large-scale sims (many drones) will run on Google Cloud.
- Ran the Crazyflie drone model in Isaac Sim successfully. First attempt at manual flight control ended in a crash — the learning starts!
Next Steps
- Get familiar with the Isaac Lab API for drone control and training workflows
- Begin Phase 2: Brain Development — start training the GATv2 coordination policy using PPO
Challenges
The main hurdle is the Isaac Lab API learning curve. Working through tutorials to build familiarity before jumping into the training pipeline.