| Group |
2017-9 |
Status |
completed |
| Title |
Quadrotor With An Extended Hovering Capability |
| Supervisor |
Rastko Selmic |
| Description |
This project aims to develop a drone (quadrotor) with an extended hovering capability. Presently, in most cases, the hover time of modern drones is limited by a battery capacity. Such limitation presents a huge obstacle in many drone applications including monitoring, surveillance, photography and movie recordings, and more. The long time hovering drone should have a battery swapping capability from another drone that would deliver batteries from the ground. The project requires original solutions in system-level engineering, circuit design, and navigation software for the delivery drone. Battery controller with release mechanism, navigation and communication software between two drones need to be developed. The final test should include a hovering drone and a delivery drone that exchanges the battery on the hovering drone.
If successfully developed, the technology would find interests in defense and specialized commercial drone industries.
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| Student Requirement |
Students need to have basic electronics, control systems, and software development background. System engineering will include a mix of different engineering areas |
| Tools |
At least two quadrotors and batteries will be needed that will be modified throughout the project. Other hardware design tools and software programming language will be determined in consultations with the supervisor. |
| Number of Students |
3-5 |
| Students |
Pierre Saouma
Abbas Bazzi
Justin Marino
Christian Kellner
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| Comments: |
rastko.selmic@concordia.ca |
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