APIS Dynamics

ABOUT US

Established in 2016, APIS Dynamics is a Canadian business headquartered in Toronto, Ontario.

We provide end-to-end support for uncrewed vehicle development, drawing on more than a decade of experience with fixed-wing, multirotor and traditional helicopter UAVs, rovers, submarines, and lighter-than-air vehicles.

We write control software, design electronic circuits, architect command-and-control links, plan and execute flight test campaigns, and conduct operations in North America and around the world.

APIS Dynamics team working on UAV development and flight testing

CONSULTING SERVICES

CONTROL SYSTEM DESIGN

PID design and tuning, Ardupilot and PX4 software development, control logic and much more.

FLIGHT DATA ANALYSIS

Analysis of single flight logs or 1000s of logs in aggregate helps diagnose problems, verify requirements and characterise reliability.

FLIGHT TESTS AND OPERATIONS

Turn-key flight test program planning and execution at our 100-acre field outside Toronto.

SAFETY AND RISK

Characterising system operational risk in units of probability of fatality per operational hour, and estimating the risk of a single operation or fleet operations.

APIS Dynamics Services

Control Systems Development
PID development and tuning
Flight controller software development
Ardupilot and PX4 HITL/SITL Simulation
Ardupilot and PX4 support

Systems Engineering
Identifying and defining system and subsystem requirements
Validation
Verification plans

Flight Test & Evaluation
Test campaign planning
Flight testing at our 100-acre test site in Canada
Flight log analysis for troubleshooting and verification

Operations
Operational support drawing on experience conducting BVLOS operations in remote locations in North and South America

Embedded Software
Microcontroller firmware development (C++, micropython)
Linux Single-Board Computer software development
ROS support and development

Electrical / Electronic Engineering
Electronic circuit and PCB design
Lithium battery sizing
Electrical powertrain / propulsion system sizing and specification
Debugging / troubleshooting electrical systems

Data Analysis / Analytics
Efficient mass-scale analysis of 1000s of flight logs
Reliability characterisation
Troubleshooting intermittent / transient bugs
Fleet / program metrics for internal goal setting and reporting to regulatory bodies
Dashboarding / visualising data
Geomatics, for flyable space (population density, airspace regulations, digital elevation maps)

Command and Control Links
C2 power & link budget
Point-to-point, Satcom, Cellular, Mesh
Antenna selection
Antenna trackers / pointers

Forensic Investigation
Root cause analysis of UAV flight anomalies and incidents

Turnkey UAV Builds
Concept design through to manufacturing of:
Multirotors, fixed-wings, VTOLs, helicopters, airships, rovers, boats and submarines

TORONTO UAS FLIGHT TEST SPACE (TUFTS)

The Toronto UAS Flight Test Space (TUFTS) offers comprehensive, turnkey testing for uncrewed aircraft systems at a dedicated 100-acre test range just off the 404.
If you're developing a vehicle, we can test that vehicle for you. If you're developing software or payloads, we can install your product on our vehicles for testing. We have a range of multirotor and fixed-wing vehicles available that will suit any payload or software purpose.
Our team has decades of experience in UAS flight testing, and can help you design and execute a test plan that meets your needs.

MEALA DATABASE SYSTEM

DATA MADE SIMPLE. DECISIONS MADE EASY.

Convert unlimited log data to usable insights instantly. Here’s how:

- Logs upload automatically from the vehicle or manually via browser
- Multiple sources (vehicle, GCS, payload, operator) linked to one flight ID
- Cloud analysis distilled into SQL-ready metadata
- Search with SQL or natural language (ChatGPT-powered)
- Aggregate and visualize metrics across thousands of flights
- Access data seamlessly through our API

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