Status : Completed
Tags: featured ESC Quadcopter Battery GPS IMU APM Motors
Development of a drone capable of traversing given waypoints in outdoor environments autonomously.
Quadcopter
Battery
Motors
ESC
APM
GPS
IMU
The project aims to develop a drone that can traverse a given set of waypoints without any human intervention using onboard sensors and controllers and share its state parameter in real-time using radio telemetry.
We have used Ardupilot Mega(APM) for this purpose, an open-source standard for such projects. Also, we have simulated the project using a quadcopter, but the same can be extended to any aerial or ground vehicle easily.
Main Technologies and Software used in the Project:
Quadcopter, Battery, Motors, ESC, APM, GPS, IMU, Mission Planner
Direct Applications of the project:
1)Drone Delivery
2)Our Drone can also be used for Aerial Surveillance by attaching a Camera module.
Picture: Autonomous Quadcopter developed in this project.
Future Work:
We plan to take this further and add the following features to our autonomous drone:
1)Obstacle Avoidance
2)Camera Module, Gimbal, and Telemetry over 4G
3)Gripper for Delivery
4)Battery Management System
Project by:
Bhuvan Jhamb(20174009), Archit Chaudhary(20173053), Abhishek Gautam(20173012), Rakesh Ram(20176046)
Mentored by: Mr Nishant Kumar (Makerspace manager, Cisco thingQbator)
Acknowledgements:
We are thankful to Cisco thingQbator, MNNIT for support during the projects and Mr Nishant Kumar (Makerspace manager, Cisco thingQbator) for his guidance and mentorship throughout the project.