Drones

Challenge: Explore using drones as a data acquisition platform using sensors.

Sending commands: Control multiple drones from Unity and mobile iOS devices.

Limit: Sensors are too heavy for our test drones.

Alternative: Using remote control car, where weight of onboard sensors is not an issue.

Google Sketch is perfect for 3D models. (2016)

Using a drone itself as a Vuforia 3D marker.

Using drone itself as a 3D Vuforia marker showing a tablet model.

Diagram for drone ideas.

Using 2D printed marker.

Simple cut out pattern. (2016)

Easy to make from 2D template. (2016)

Fold, connect, add thrusters. (2016)

Designing a sphere drone using Preview, Omnigraffle and Google Sketch. (2016)

Unity UDP to iOS flies a drone in a helix pattern.

Soccer ball drone that always scores (idea). (2016)

Cube drone using UPS packaging box. (2016)

Sphere drone basic component shapes. (2016)

Soccer ball or balloon drone. (2016)

Drone harness. (2016)

Elevator drone. (2016)

Elevator drone, top. (2016)

A drone that can be just two vertical thrusters, or add four more thrusters for heavy lifting or better side to side movement. (2016)

Never flown, but interesting. (2016)

Basic drone idea, with components. (2016)

Google sketch idea for a drone with moveable thrusters for different situations. (2016)

Paper model of a spherical drone. (2016)

This drone is a good platform to experiment with the PID algorithm. It has proximity sensors, an orientation sensor, an Arduino, and four thrusters. (2016)