Capstone Project

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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.
Student 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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