Indoor Aerial Robot Competition

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Indoor Aerial Robot Competition

• 10-Year Roadmap to 2015

Drexel University Autonomous Systems Lab
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Case for Search and Rescue Robots
iRobot Packbot Ground Vehicle
Mexico City, Tsunami, Katrina

• Dirty, Dull and Dangerous
• Compressed Time, Dynamic Environment
• Robots as Force Multipliers

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Aerial Robots near-Earth Environments

• Flying vs. Crawling
• Stairs
• Rock piles
• Mud
• Tethers
• Range

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Aerial Robots Strong Advocacy
It shall be a goal of the Armed Forces to
achieve the fielding of unmanned, remotely
controlled technology such that by 2010,
one-third of the aircraft in the operational deep
strike force aircraft fleet are unmanned. 2001
Defense Authorization Conference Bill - H.R. 4205
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Competitions Identifying Best Design Practices
Robocup Annually to 2050
Concept Aerial Robot Competition
Goal By 2015 backpackable aerial robot that
autonomously flies in and around buildings.

• Year 1 Sensor (not vehicle) focused
• Visual-Servoing (line following)
• Tele-operation (identify casualties)

Video
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Teams 6-weeks, Hands-on and Multi-disciplined

• Payload
• Handling light
• Gust stabilization
• Comm Range

• Visual-Servoing
• Computer Vision
• Microcontroller
• Radio-Control

• Aerodynamics
• Mechatronics
• Systems Integration
• Human-Robot interface

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Gantt Chart for Autonomy
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Strategy Win-Win For all Stakeholders
Current Universities Drexel, Rutgers, Upenn,
Bryn Mawr, Villanova, Rowan
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Year 2 Timeline and Tasks
01/08/06 Venue decision 01/15/06 Competition
Year 2 concept (15 weeks before
Competition) 02/11/06 Plymouth Meeting AIAA/ASME
Mini-Symposium 02/19/06 Team Registration (10
weeks before Competition) 03/19/06 6-weeks left
to competition 04/16/06 Practice Date 04/23/06
ltlt Drexel Gym occupied Scholars Day
gtgt 04/30/06 Competition (last Sunday in April)