Pseudo-Random UAV Test Generation Using Low-Fidelity Path Simulator

Simulation-based testing provides a safe and cost-effective environment for verifying the safety of Uncrewed Aerial Vehicles (UAVs). However, simulation can be resource-consuming, especially when High-Fidelity Simulators (HFS) are used. To optimise simulation resources, we propose a pseudo-random test generator that uses a Low-Fidelity Simulator (LFS) to estimate UAV flight paths. This work simplifies the PX4 autopilot HFS to develop a LFS, which operates one order of magnitude faster than thethis http URLcases predicted to cause safety violations in the LFS are subsequently validated using the HFS.

@article{shrinah2025_2503.24172,
  title={ Pseudo-Random UAV Test Generation Using Low-Fidelity Path Simulator },
  author={ Anas Shrinah and Kerstin Eder },
  journal={arXiv preprint arXiv:2503.24172},
  year={ 2025 }
}