The use of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) has been rapidly increasing for many different purposes including photography, agriculture, landscaping, and military surveillance. Most Commercial-Off-the-Shelf (COTS) UAVs, however, are remote controlled and do not possess the ability to autonomously modify their behavior based on changes in their environment. This project, sponsored by Lockheed Martin Missiles and Fire Control Applied Systems Sensor Research and Technologies, aims to serve as a challenging ground in which mechanical, aerospace, electrical, computer, and software engineers must work harmoniously to develop an autonomous UAV system encompassing propulsion, telemetry, aviation, and robot vision systems. The purpose of this project is to design, build & test, and demonstrate an Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) RoboCopter that performs autonomous detection, tracking, and pursuit of multiple criminal UAVs (aka prey) by using multiple sensing technologies.
Julian Quitian
Dominic Williams
Maverick Dusan
Ley Nezifort
Lockheed Martin
Sponsor Contacts: Kenny Chen (kenny.chen@lmco.com), Jonathan Tucker (jonathan.d.tucker@lmco.com)