SEED Project Proposal This form is to be lled lled out electronically electronically and emailed to
[email protected] [email protected] Quadcopter Platform for Aerial Photography Ph otography
Project leader: Oliver Cai
Introduction hat is the tangible outcome outcome of your project! project! Simply" #hat are are you ma$ing! The nal result of this project project #ould ideally be a %uadcopter %uadcopter #hich can be controlled controlled through remote control or autonomously through an on&board autopilot. The aircraft is a large enough si'e to also carry a small or medium si'ed payload such as a camera for aerial photography or a (ariety of other modules for tas$s. )t can also be e*pandable to many other forms of multirotors" including +&," +&," he*a" or an octocopter if needed in the future.
hy are you starting this project! ) ha(e e*perience #ith building and -ying model aircraft" and this project combines my passion in both my hobby and the EE eld. /ecently" %uadcopters" or any type of multirotor" ha(e become increasingly popular as an e*perimental and research platform due to the relati(ely simplistic mechanical nature of the aircraft design. 0o#e(er" the challenges come into play #ith the control theory behind the aircraft" aircraft" as the most commonly used P)D controller model re%uires soft#are and hard#are hard#are implementation. 1ortunately" there are a (ariety of open&source -ight controllers in the mar$et that utili'e this model so there is a good starting point as #ell as possibilities for customi'ation. ) initially thought of ma$ing this a personal project" but since ) do not ha(e the funds to purchase all the components ) #ould li$e this project to be sponsored through )EEE and2or any interested companies. ) am #illing to co(er the cost of the radio transmitter and recei(er. recei(er. 3nce this platform is nished" it can be used by )EEE not only as an aircraft aircraft but perhaps as a robot in competitions" a uni%ue camera platform" or other forms as a learning tool.
Technical References Please attach any references references you are using. These could be tutorials or research papers. )f it is more than a fe# pages" just #rite out #here the reference can be found 4#eb address" or pages in a boo$5. The main resource for for hard#are hard#are is http622### http622###.rcgroups.co .rcgroups.com2forums2sho#thread.php! m2forums2sho#thread.php! t789:;<== and t789:;<== and many other forum threads in />roups" 3penPilot" 3penPilot" D)+Drones" etc.
/esearch Papers6 http622###.sal.t$$.2publications2pdf&les2eluu88.pdf http622###.stanford.edu2?haomiao2papers2>9;Quadrotor.pdf
Goals / Milestones hat are your project milestones! 3rder omponents 4B&< #ee$s5 Assembly 48&B #ee$s5" this #ill li$ely o(erlap #ith ordering components depending on #hen they arri(e 1light Testing 48 #ee$5
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