SOARS SelfOrganizing Aerial Research System

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SOARS (Self-Organizing Aerial Research System)

• Nick Driver
• Arseny Dolgov
• Matt Edwards
• David Goluskin

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Overview

• Customers
• B. Argrow
• D. Lawrence
• 2 Identical Autonomous UAVS
• Master/Slave
• Master position from the ground, slave positioned
  by master
• Avionics
• Autopilot MCU, IMU
• Communications
• Groundstation to UAV
• Master to Slave
• Off-the-shelf UAV
• Funding
• 4000 Sr. Project funding
• Apply for additional funding as needed

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Objectives and Requirements

• Loitering circles designated by GPS coordinates
• Loitering error lt20m (horizontal vertical)
• Endurance gt15min
• Piloted take-off/landing in manual mode
• Runway length lt20m
• Master/Slave switched to autonomous mode
• Master flies straight to designated GPS
  coordinate and loiters
• Slave receives coordinates from Master and
  loiters
• Communications
• Master transmits back its own and slave GPS
  coordinates in real-time
• Used for requirement verification
• Still camera 640x480 images every 1min from
  Master
• Goal acquire as much data as possible, including
  images

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QUESTIONS?