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Arizona State University Autonomous UAV Project

Ted Hench Electronics. Arizona State University Autonomous UAV Project. Our goals. Meet minimum contest guidelines with ability to expand Stay within budget Balance the capability of our team with the capability of what we throw together. Contest Guidelines. At a minimum:

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Arizona State University Autonomous UAV Project

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  1. Ted Hench Electronics Arizona State UniversityAutonomous UAV Project

  2. Our goals Meet minimum contest guidelines with ability to expand Stay within budget Balance the capability of our team with the capability of what we throw together

  3. Contest Guidelines • At a minimum: • Meet safety guidelines • Flight waypoints autonomously • Identify the location of objects on the ground • Additional goals: • Takeoff and land autonomously • Identify the location of objects on the ground in real time

  4. Autopilot • Hardware and airborne software from the Paparazzi project • Open source software and hardware plans • Wide range of features • Complex flight plans • Extensive data reporting • Expandable hardware • Including sensors for autonomous takeoff and landing • Adequate safety features

  5. Autopilot • Paparazzi fills a niche market and isn’t officially supported by anyone - documentation was a problem • I spent a lot of time: • Reading available documentation • Browsing code base and schematics • Talking to developers and users

  6. Talking to the Ground Station • Programs can communicate via the Ivy software Bus • Turned out to be as easy as described, and programming errors we make won’t crash the plane • More information is available than anticipated, including • GPS location • Plane attitude • Servo positions

  7. Video Control • We control the camera servos from the ground • Custom circuit and code • Errors we make won’t crash the plane • Using information from the GCS we can calculate the location of objects we see • Camera servo position • Plane attitude • GPS location • Altitude

  8. Acknowledgement • Thanks to • Srikanth Saripalli • For any advice he provided • Tom Sharp • For allowing us to start and focus on a new project • April Zuber, and Jason and Justin DeStories • Just because…

  9. Questions?

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