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Multi-Rotor Unmanned Aerial Vehicle, Jacob Dean, James Mixter, Jordan Barr
Multi-Rotor Unmanned Aerial Vehicle, Jacob Dean, James Mixter, Jordan Barr
Honors Theses
An open-source Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) capable of performing at the same capacity as many top commercially available multi-rotor vehicles is developed. The system allows users unfamiliar with multi-rotor vehicles to achieve flight and land safely, while also serving as a flexible foundation for other UAV projects and opening the door to features that are not currently available. Applications of drone technology are explored.
The Development Of An Autonomous Proximity Operations Demonstration System, Spencer Watza
The Development Of An Autonomous Proximity Operations Demonstration System, Spencer Watza
Honors Theses
An Autonomous Proximity Operations Demonstration System is being developed to evaluate low cost hardware for aerial robotics and proximity operations in a GPS denied environment. This report highlights the design work and initial prototypes that have been finished along the project goals. The preliminary and detailed design of the vehicle has been completed and initial prototypes constructed. The demonstration system is a multirotor flight vehicle using a hex configuration (6 rotors). The vehicle carries onboard sensing and computational equipment to perform the mission weighing in at 28 pounds. The primary sensor chosen is the Microsoft Kinect™ to perform visual sensing …