2014 was an exciting year for the Aerial Vista Challenge with lots of ups and downs but some amazing progress in unmanned capabilities and unmanned systems integration. First, we are disappointed to have not had any news on a date for the Wildlife Conservation UAV Challenge that was supposed to happen in November of last year. We have had no news in the last month and there is nothing scheduled on their website for 2015. We have been holding back on decimating our data because we needed to for competitive reasons. However, we have had some great people that came together from all over the world and provided us with some quality equipment to use in order to help the great cause of anti-poaching. If anyone is interested in helping to get our system in the hands of those fighting poaching, we are open to conversation.
This is the beginning of publishing our work from equipment used, to how we integrated multiple sensing systems and linux computers into our robots for a fully networked system of tactical and strategic aerial robotics. We owe those that have helped their due and we owe the community the open benefit of our research. Thank you for being patient with us. While we are disappointed that there has been no competition that we believed would serve a good cause. We will be using what we have created for other competitions this year and to combat poaching regardless. We have made advancements in long endurance solar power systems, hybrid power system integration and seamless smart switching and management. We have also been able to work with some of the most innovative companies and startups of products that will be changing the face of our community in the next decade. Thank you again to everyone for being patient and thank you to all who have contributed to our own learning. This will be picking back up what will be our weekly series on our research till we think we have it all out or the community is sick of us. Whichever comes first. :)
A brief overview of this series we will be covering:
ODIN (Omniscient Data Interface Network)
LOKI ( Locate Observe Krack Isolate)
PHALANX (Protect Hide Alert Locate Alter Negate with eXtreme tactics)
ICARUS (Internet Connected Aerial Renewable Unmanned System)
HORUS (High definition Optical Robotic Unmanned Survey)
HYDRA (HYbrid Distributed Renewable Auto-switching power block)
We are getting near the end of prototyping of our second generation quad drone called LOKI. While it is capable of many things, search and rescue are one of the more benign activities that LOKI is capable of performing. I will give a brief overview of the hardware and next week we will talk about scenarios that have been tested and things we believe we have not achieved yet with this drone tech.
LOKI
3D printed Airframe and basic hardware:
Spyda DJI Arm compatible 3mm Solid Slotted Body Plates (2)
http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:160607
Spyda DJI body
http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:230558
Spyda Custom DJI arms with integrated landing gear holder.
Custom clear feet for landing gear
Custom Battery Holder
Custom Ubiquiti Bracket
Custom Antenna Holder
Custom Odroid 3 standoffs
Custom AUAV X2 Mount
Custom Spectrum Landing Gear Mount.
Custom Mobius Gimbal
https://grabcad.com/library/gimball-2
10mm x 4.5 inch carbon fiber tube
M3 x 10mm hex screws
LOKI Electronics
AUAV X2 autipilot
NEO 6H GPS Compass Module
Odroid U3
Ubiquiti Pico Loco M5 stripped and modified
Alfa AWUS036H
Power Distribution Board
BEC
Buck/Boost Module
POE injection Module
3s 5000 mah battery single or double
Spektrum Satellite Receiver
20 amp esc (4)
2213 920KV motor (4)
Gimbal Electronics
Alexmos 2 axis BGC
2206 80T 140KV gimbal motor
2212 80T hollow shaft gimbal motor
Mobius Webcam
LOKI Software
ArduCopter firmware
OpenCV
MatLabs
Kali Linux
Maltego
Various python packages
Gstreamer
Ground Control Hardware
JR9303 with Spektrum Module
Odroid XU3
10 inch Lumineer FPV display
3D printed display bracket
Server Hardware
Odroid XU3 (7)
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