Development of Autonomous airborne systems
2022-26-1243
05/26/2022
- Event
- Content
- Automation has the potential to revolutionize the way humans connect, inspire, protect and explore. The recent contemporary models have less flight time, the goal of the project is to make a physical prototype of an autonomous airborne system with more flight time in order to monitor the endangered species, without disturbing the surrounding environment, and to allow a Quadcopter to locate and land on a station target in an isolated area. The project is different from the remaining airborne systems because the Flight Controller used here will not be any open source; instead, it will be a Flight Controller that we design on our own. The advantage of using our Flight Controller is that we can set our algorithms in a better way instead of using the enhanced algorithms. The main challenge faced will be in the communication gap or delay between electronic sensors and the computer. This issue is suppressed by customizing the PCB using an Altium PCB designer. The noisy sensor data that disrupts our control loop will be tackled by installing a butter-worth filter or data denoising method. Another major challenge faced will be the endurance of the drone. The implementation of hydrogen fuel cells would be a smart move because it operates noiselessly, emit nothing but water, and can be refueled quickly. The traffic and the obstacle detection can be tackled by using IntuVue RDR-84K Radar. This radar guides the drone around other air traffic and obstacles, maps terrain, identifies safe landing zones, detects its altitude, and can even see bad weather. The project focuses on developing a Flight Controller and solutions to major problems faced by the other drones such as fly-time, endurance, traffic and obstacle detection.
- Citation
- Gottipati, S., and Beleraya, S., "Development of Autonomous airborne systems," SAE Technical Paper 2022-26-1243, 2022, .