Archit Jaiswal, Alvin Poudel Sharma, Michael Rao, Anfal Chaid, Martin Royal
Faculty Advisor(s):
Christopher McMurrough
Department:
Computer Science & Engineering
Project Type:
Senior Design
Title:
Autonomous Unmanned Aerial Vehicle
Abstract:
Drone technology has been in increasing demand. It has a wide spectrum of implications ranging from recreational purposes to military purposes. We are developing an autonomous drone to perform several tasks at the Unmanned Aerial System (UAS) Innovation Showcase. Several universities will participate, in partnership with Raytheon Technologies, in the UAS Showcase Event. This competition requires the participating teams to develop a drone from scratch and enable it to perform several autonomous tasks. The drone needs to perform in three phases of the event. The first event requires the drone to take off and land autonomously after flying straight for 30 yards on a football field. The second event requires the drone to find the university's logo placed anywhere on a football field and land on it. The final event requires the drone to search for the randomly placed university logo while avoiding obstacles during the flight. There will be no human controlling the drone in any showcase events.