Pluto 1.2
Your first build. From parts to flight.
- Full build-it-yourself nano kit
- PlutoBlocks visual coding + Pluto IDE (1-year licences)
- Prop guards + crash-tolerant frame
Build, fly and code your own drone with Pluto
Made in India · Designed by IIT Bombay engineersFirst, a quick look at what drones are built for →
Many kinds of drone
CameraFilms
RacingRaces
AgricultureSprays
DeliveryCarries
Drones come in many kinds.
Each one is built to do a job.
EducationalTeaches
Those drones do a job. This one teaches you how they work. That's an educational drone.
So what makes a drone educational? →What makes it educational
Most drones arrive finished.
Great for the job they do. Hard to learn from.
✕Sealed shut — you can’t see how it works
✕Locked firmware — nothing for you to program
✕One hard crash — and it’s over
An educational drone is built to be opened.
Pluto is an educational drone.
Built for two kinds of people
Learning on your ownStudents and tinkerersChoose yours →Teaching a classSchools, colleges, distributorsFor educators →
And Pluto doesn't come alone →Introducing the Pluto ecosystem.
Hardware, software, projects and people, all built around one drone.
01 · Hardware
Every Pluto starts as one small board.
Primus is the flight controller at its heart. It reads the gyro and accelerometer to keep Pluto steady, talks to your laptop or phone over Wi-Fi, and runs the code you write.
Why we exist
“Anyone can fly a drone. We create the ones who build their own. Flying makes you a pioneer. Building teaches you to engineer.”
Choose yours
Two ways in.
PlutoX
The flagship. Camera on board, built for real projects.
- Wi-Fi camera included
- C++ via Pluto IDE, Python SDK, ROS workflow
- Breadboard-style expansion for sensors
The journey
Your first week.
Props are NOT interchangeable.
Check the A/B stamped on each blade. Same letters go diagonally.
Swap them and your drone will enthusiastically try to dig a hole in the table.
01
Unbox
Every part, laid out.
02Pluto 1.2
Build
Screw by screw, it becomes yours.
03
First Flight
It lifts. You made that happen.
04lesson one
Crash
It will crash. That’s lesson one.
05
Fix It
Affordable spares. Two-minute repair.
06Blocks / Python / C++
Code It
Make it think. Then make it fly itself.
The software
One drone. Every way to fly it.
Steer it from your phone, snap blocks together, or write C++ and Python. Start wherever suits you; it's the same drone either way.
Start hereiOS / Android
Pluto Controller
Your cockpit, in your pocket. No laptop for your first flight.
App Store
Google Play
Or program it your way
Windows / macOS
PlutoBlocks
Visual programming. Snap blocks together and Pluto flies them.
— Drag and drop, no typing— Blocks for LEDs, motors, sensors and flight
Explore PlutoBlocks →
VS Code extension
Pluto IDE
Write real C++ for your drone.
— Zero-config ARM toolchain— Flash over USB or Wi-Fi
Explore Pluto IDE →
plutocontrol
Python SDK
Flight control and camera in one API. OpenCV, YOLO, MediaPipe, swarms.
pip install plutocontrolProof
Built on Pluto.
MethaneX
Gas sensors on a PlutoX detecting methane over landfills, an early warning against fires like Deonar.
Their first drone was a Pluto too.
LTA Airship
PlutoX electronics flying a helium envelope, built at the IITB-Monash Research Academy. It stays up on a fraction of a quadcopter’s power.
Their first drone was a Pluto too.
Table Tennis Drone
Two IR range sensors spot a paddle within 15 cm and push the PlutoX away, so two players can rally it across the table.
Read the build on Hackster ↗
Laser Tag Drone
A laser receiver on a Pluto 1.2’s canopy. Take a hit from a player’s laser and the drone lands, so you learn to fly by dodging.
Read the build on Hackster ↗
Hybrid Drone
Wheels bolted onto a PlutoX. Disarmed, it drives as a rover. Armed, it takes off.
Read the build on Hackster ↗
HandsFree
Flick a Pluto up off your palm and it takes off by itself. The onboard accelerometer checks the force, direction and timing first, so a stumble never starts the motors.
Read the build on Hackster ↗50K+
Kits sold
900+
Institutions
16+
Countries
80K+
Students
“It is a great low cost platform for students entering the field of robotics. It lowers the barrier to entry and is small and safe. Look forward to using it in the classroom.”
Dr. Vijay Kumar
Nemirovsky Family Dean, Penn Engineering
“It is going to play a major role in revolutionizing hands-on aerial robotics by almost anyone!”
Dr. Rajkumar Pant
IIT Bombay
“This drone (Pluto X) can actually be reconfigured to be anything else you want it to be.”
Bill Jamshedji
DroneBot Workshop
“A turning point for our robotics curriculum. Economical, programmable and backed by local support.”
Gautham Balasubramanyan
Senior Robotics Teacher, Trio World Academy
Built to be fixed
Built to crash. Built to be fixed.
Crash-tolerant frame + guards
The frame and prop guards take the hits.
Spares always in stock
Affordable, and shipping today.
Repair & maintenance service
Send it in, we fix it.
Warranty & returns
For educators
Bring Pluto to your classroom.
Curriculum, kits and teacher training for schools, colleges and distributors.
