We have finally received confirmation that we will be receiving the IEEE Mini-Grant for our project!!
This means we will get some more cash to support the project and a chance to publish some of our results !
Thanks to Dmitry for telling us about it, and to our supervisor Dr. Aghdam for reviewing our application and sending an endorsement letter for the team.
Operation of a quad-rotor
We've created these animations to illustrate the operation of a quadrotor in a presentation to our coordinators and supervisor. For illustration, the rotors are moving slowly, to show their relative angular speeds and rotation direction.
The first Animation shows the quadrotor in hover mode:
The next one (bellow) shows how the quadrotor would increase altitude.
Here's how the quadrotor would move along the horizon plane
Finally, this animation shows how the quadrotor would rotate around it's main vertical axes (yaw)
Thanks to Mohannad Al-Khatib for his help with the Maya animations !
Our PhotoStream!
We will periodically add pictures and video of our build to our Flickr account. Feel free to view and comment our project.
Introduction
Welcome to our project's progress blog. We are a group of engineering students at Concordia University doing our CAPSTONE project. This project takes place over two semesters and the end result will be presented to the public at Concordia's Engineering and Visual Arts center.
Our project? We are designing and implementing a Quad Rotor VTOL AMAV, Vertical Take Off and Landing Autonomous Micro Aerial Vehicle. What a mouthful! Essentially, we are building a robotic helicopter that will be able to fly inside buildings autonomously.
Our design will be available to the public as we hope to make it a solid platform for robotic enthusiasts, as well as professionals.
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We will update our blog periodically with our latest accomplishments.
Documentation
Unfortunately, we cannot disclose our documentation at this time. If you wish to inquire about it, please do not hesitate to email us at team@capstone490.com.
The Team
The Supervisor:
Ph.D. (University of Torotnto, 2000)
Interests
Decentralized large-scale systems; Digital control; Adaptive control; DSL communication networks
Hello, I am a computer engineering student finishing my last year at Concordia University, and I am the team leader for this project. I am interested in flying robots and have spent considerable time learning about vertical take off and land vehicles and robotics to prepare for this project. So my main task is to make sure the work progress is following a well set plan, and to be involved in all systems to make sure everything will integrate smoothly as we near completion of the project.
Hey, I am a computer engineering student (software option) at Concordia University. Ever since i was a child I always dreamt of becoming a pilot, but my passion in engineering overcame that dream. This is why I decided taking the challenge of building an AMAV from scratch, hence combining my two passions. For this project I will use all my programming experience to teach the vehicle how to fly. I will also be working on the GUI and wireless aspect of this project. My other interests include football and video gaming. Thanks for reading :)!
Hi, I'm a Computer Engineering student at Concordia University. If it isn't already obvious that I have some crazy addiction to technology, well I do. I crave technology and its potential to help society. To keep my mind sharp, I run a Q&A blog where visitors ask me questions about computers. For this project, I will be doing the graphical user interface as well as programing the micro controllers. I am a big fan ofArduino and how they're bringing portable computing to the
masses.
Hey, I am an Electrical Engineering student at Concordia university. Ive always been a fan of airplanes and cars. My facination is applying the mechnical aspects of these vehicals in electronic systems. In this project I will be responsible for all the electrical and hardware aspects such as motors, controllers and sensors.
