8/10/2019 55 PO IAP Poster Quadcopter Spring 2014

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Program Sponsors:

Reynaldo Belfort, Oscar Chacn, Jesus Diaz, Carlos Molina,

Rafael Pol, Daniel Ramos, Ronald Rivera, Luis Rivera

Advisor: Eduardo I. Ortiz-Rivera, Ph.D.

The Quadcopter is an Autonomous

Robotic Systems Research Project

part of the Minds2CREATE

Research Team with the support of

the Projects Division for the I.E.E.E.

Control System Society (C.S.S.). The

main idea behind this project is to

provide to the engineering

undergraduate students a platform,

in the form of a UAV, to put into

practice all the knowledge developed

in courses with hands-on work.

This team is composed of over 10

electrical, computer and mechanical

engineering students. The students

work in the fields of software

development , electronic design and

testing, manufacturing and

assembly, and project management.The system chosen to interact with

the Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAV)

as part of the process was anAutomatic Charging Station being

designed by the team. The station

will use infrared cameras to detect a

Quadcopter in order to align the

vehicle with the Station by tracking

lights that could represent the actual

position of the Quadcopter body.

Once the system is aligned, the

platform will wave pressure sensors

that will indicate its arrival.

Problem: How can the interaction

between two or more autonomous

aerial vehicles be synchronized so

that they perform a single task as an

unit?

Understand the systems behavior

to simulate real environment

situations.

Develop the necessary adaptations

to a Quadcopter so that it could

perform tasks in cooperation with

other quadcopters in which it may

be impractical or dangerous to send

human beings. (e.g., Rescue

missions.)

1. Nonami, Kenzo, Farid Kendoul, Satoshi Suzuki, Wei Wang, and

Daisuke Nakazawa.Autonomous Flying Robots Unmanned Aerial

Vehicles and Micro Aerial Vehicles. Tokyo: Springer Japan KK,

2010. Print

2. Jiinec, Tom. Stabilization and Control of Unmanned Quadcoter.

Lule University of Technology, 30 May 2011. Print. April 2013.

3. Ortiz-Rivera, E.I.; Estela, Angelina; Romero, Carlos; Valentn,

Jess A.; The Use of UAVS in USAS Security by an

Engineering Education Approach 2012 IEEE Conference on

Technologies for Homeland Security, Greater Boston, MA.

1. Introduction

2. Problem & Hypothesis

3. Objectives

4. Methodology

Assembly process of

the Quadcopters

components and initial

motor tests.

6. Timeline

References

Multi Smart Unmanned Aerial

Vehicles: The Quadcopters

5. Results

Initial Quadcoptersmanouvers and battery tests. .

The UAV will be controlled by the

Station based on its actual position

and it will also exchange telemetry

data such as sensor data to aid the

positioning process. Through this

system, an algorithm will decide

which UAV has the highest charging

priority.

During the current term, the initial

quadcopter platform has been

upgraded with the addition of a

battery monitoring sensor, which

allows the reception of real time data

of the battery status. In addition, an

ultrasonic sensor is being added that

will serve as a radar altimeter tomeasure altitude with respect to

terrain. A new quadcopter frame was

also designed and will be fully

manufactured by the team during the

rest of the current and next term. The

focus of the new design is to make it

a modular UAV easy to manufacture

and of similar characteristics as the

previous model.

ResearchCommunication

systems

Image

recognition

DesignThe

environment

Optimal

platform

Implement Hardware Software

Testing Modify Test again

Metrics for Success

Paper submitted to 2014 IEEEFrontiers in Education Conference: C.

Molina, O. Chacon, R. Belford, E. Ortiz, ;

The use of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles for

an Interdisciplinary Undergraduate

Education:

The main objective is to develop an

interdisciplinary project using UAVs as a

platform to integrate mechanical, computer,

and electrical engineering skills.

Multiple outreach: activities on in High

Schools, Universities, and different

conferences across Puerto Rico.

April 22 to 24, 2014