Hi William,
Can the uavPlatform object be used to simulate a variable number of drones?
A: You can put any number of drones into uavScenario using uavPlatform. However you cannot remove UAVs from scenario during simulation. You could park them somewhere in the scenario using the move method to teleport them if you don't want them to show up in the main simulation area.
Can I mount a custom sensor to replace the lidar? In my case, the wireless receivers can be considered sensors that deliver signal strength as an input to move and position the UAV (I was thinking of mounting a WiFi receiver from the WLAN Toolbox).
A: You can use the uav.SensorAdaptor class to adapt your own sensor model and use it in the uavScenario. You can check the following examples for how to implement sensor adaptor for IMU and Radar sensor:
Can I mount more than one sensor simultaneously?
A: Yes, you can mount any amount of sensors on a UAV. The following examples show how to do sensor fusion using both Lidar and Radar sensors: https://www.mathworks.com/help/uav/ug/lidar-and-radar-fusion-in-an-urban-air-mobility-scenario.html
Is there any other way to achieve this other than using uavPlatform?
A: Alternative tool for scenario simulation could be using Unreal based Simulation in Simulink. However, it doesn't support custom sensors and only work in Simulink.
