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UAV and UAV Landing Platform close to completion!

I posted a while back with our project and we have been keeping it in hiding until we fully finished it. We still have some things left to finish.  We were able to get the magnetic locking system to work using 2 HITECH 755 series Servos to lower/lock the magnetic arms.  

Main Features Include:

For the Rover

  • Regenerative Charging System  based on a Bedini Motor
  • Magnetic Neodymium Locking System for the quadcopter
  • Mecanum Wheels
  • Andymark 1200 oz-in 198 RPM 2-Stage Planetary Gear Motors
  • XBEE Pro 900 MHz on the Communication Controls
  • APM 1.5 just for real time navigation/GPS
  • Custom Made Motor Controllers
  • All custom embedded code able to handle up to 255 devices
  • Real Time monitoring from a control terminal
  • Touchscreen LCD for controls
  • Fingerprint scanner for authentication
  • Independent Speed Controls for all motors 
  • FPV using a 200mW transmitter on 1268 mHZ
  • Custom made Frame/Shell 
  • Monitoring Control panel
  • 2-Way Mirror Film top
  • NeoPixel Runway Lighting \
  • GOPRO HERO3 on a Pan and Tilt System
  • Maxbotix SONAR

For the Quadcopter:

  • DJI F450 Frame
  • DJI OPTO ESC"s
  • DJI 930kV Motors
  • 10" APC Props
  • 200mW FPV on 1280 MHz
  • XBEE Pro Telemetry
  • APM 2.6
  • MinimOSD
  • DJI  Landing Gear
  • Custom 3D printed landing feet with magnets in them
  • Lasers
  • Frsky 2.4 gHZ Receiver
  • Turnigy 9X Controller
  • GOPRO HERO3
  • Maxbotix SONAR 

 

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Some of the videos are a little outdated as far as the aesthetics go.3689587253?profile=original3689587147?profile=original

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  • Please tell me that rover is an amphib!!!! This is just cool stuff!

  • That ground vehicle is freaky the way it changes direction.

  • You have hit the nail on the head. We wanted to do GPS, but when you combine the fact that (affordable) GPS is within 3 meters of accuracy, and you combine that with using GPS on not one, but two devices, you end up with a huge range of inaccuracy for trying to land. What we decided to do was have the UAV fully autonomous and then get as close as we can with the rover with GPS Position mapping. We then "catch" the UAV using our manual control systems. This is where the Mecanum wheels became so valuable. In order to try an alleviate a complete manual control, we use the GOPRO, SONAR, Laser Guidance, Magnetism, and GPS/Mission Planner. It is not a pure autonomous system(yet), but we are also only a group of 4 Electrical Engineers. 

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    Awesome stuff, I was just wondering if you are using anything special to control the landing onto the platform as I imagine regular GPS on its own is not accurate enough? I guess altitude is controller with the sonar, but what about position?
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