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Control And Design Of A Passive Solar Lumber Drying Kiln, Peter Chardavoyne
Control And Design Of A Passive Solar Lumber Drying Kiln, Peter Chardavoyne
Honors Scholar Theses
The passive solar lumber drying kiln design, developed by EE Senior Design Team 2317 is presented, tested, and discussed. The design incorporates solar power and a custom control system to dry 12’ lumber boards inside a shipping container much faster than air-drying methods, which can take up to a year for thorough drying, though this can be extended due to the unpredictability of weather events and conditions. This work presents the design as in the final report provided by the team, but provides a more detailed explanation and analysis of the microcontroller system, testing methods and outcomes, alternate solutions and …
Cooperative 3-D Map Generation Using Multiple Uavs, Andrew Erik Lawson
Cooperative 3-D Map Generation Using Multiple Uavs, Andrew Erik Lawson
University Scholar Projects
This report aims to demonstrate the feasibility of building a global 3-D map from multiple UAV robots in a GPS-denied, indoor environment. Presented are the design of each robot and the reasoning behind choosing its hardware and software components, the process in which a single robot obtains a individual 3-D map entirely onboard, and lastly how the mapping concept is extended to multiple robotic agents to form a global 3-D map using a centralized server. In the latter section, this report focuses on two algorithms, Online Mapping and Map Fusion, developed to facilitate the cooperative approach. A limited selection …