| Group |
2009-04 |
Status |
completed |
| Title |
Vertical Take Off and Landing Autonomous Micro Aerial Vehicle |
| Supervisor |
Dr. Amir G. Aghdam |
| Description |
Design and implementation of a low cost VTOL (Vertical Take Off and Landing) AMAV (Autonomous Micro Aerial Vehicle) quad-rotor capable of navigation in GPS denied environments, with wireless communication with a PC. This project will include the design of:
- The vehicle (the control, navigation, and communications systems)
- PC wireless peripheral
- PC software that interfaces user to information received from the vehicle in a GUI. |
| Requirement |
Student Requirements:
* Minimum requirements:
o Basic programming skills
o Good grasp of control concepts
o Willingness to read/review technical articles
* Any of the following is a definite plus:
o ELEC 483 Real-Time Computer Control Systems (with good understanding of the Labs)
o GUI programming and computer graphics (opengl) |
| Tools |
Experience in any of the following is a definite plus
* Simulation tools like simulink or labview
* Schematic capture and PCB layout program like. KiCad
Implementation:
- Hardware & Software |
| Number of Students |
4~5 |
| Students |
Zaid Al-Khatib, Hasan Ghazi Al-Khakani, Samer Komarji, Jaime Yu |
| Comments: |
There will be an MIE capstone group working on this project as well. |
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