Background Research
Drone technology is constantly evolving as new innovation and big investment is bringing more advanced drones to the market every few months.One of the most popular drones on the market is the DJI Phantom 4. While slightly old now, it uses plenty of advanced technology and it is very popular with professional cinematographers. This UAV is ideal to explain drone technology because it has everything in one package. It includes the UAV, gimbal and camera and uses some of the top drone technology on the market today. One example of film makers using drones is Casey Neistat. Throughout 2016, he made daily videos were he showcased the endless possibilities that come with drone cinematography.
A typical unmanned aircraft is made of light composite materials to reduce weight and increase maneuverability. This composite material strength allows military drones to cruise at extremely high altitudes. Drones are equipped with different state of the art technology such as infra-red cameras(military UAV), GPS and laser (military UAV). Drones can be controlled by remote control system or a ground cockpit.
Drones come in a wide variety of sizes, with the large drone mostly used for military purposes such as the Predator drone, other smaller drones which can be launched by hand, to other unmanned aircraft which require short runways. An unmanned aerial vehicle system has two parts, the drone itself and the control system.
In our project, we will be using a project found on thingiverse as a reference. However, we will use an Arduino board* as our main board.
The project can be found here
* We scaled the 3D Model to fit the Arduino but it became too big so we decided to follow the original instructions.
