Autonomous Drone for Defence Machinery Maintenance and Surveillance
P. R. Sriram, Sandeep Kumar Ramani, Ram V Shrivatsav, Muthu M.Mankiandan, Nithin Ayyappaa · 2019
This proposed research work focuses on the implementation of an autonomous unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) which is controlled using a pix hawk flight controller. The Quad Copter is capable of navigating autonomously without any real-time input from the user and also programmed to follow a specified path autonomously. The algorithm enables a control technique by which quad copter is empowered to fly autonomously, trajectory tracking, graceful motion and accurate altitude hold performance. Surveillance and Machinery maintenance application are the primary applications designed for the Defense purposes in the Line Of Control and War-zones. This work is aimed to design a quad copter that will follow a command to fly through specified way points. The deep learning algorithm detects human motions and from data acquired camera and ultrasonic sensors to the cloud. On deviations from the standard protocol which is detected using a Sjcam 5000x elite Camera. Also, here a backup auxiliary mini drone is programmed to eject along with the data stored on the primary drone's memory on an unforeseen calamity or an attack that would damage the primary drone's ability to fly.