We, the Drone Warrior team designed a robust and durable drone by considering the below design criteria.
- Low Drag: The drone external top surface has a streamlined profile, which results in low drag (resistance to forward movement against the wind direction). A video of CFD aerodynamic analysis using our SIMULIA 3DX tool is also attached.
- Energy Efficient: The top surface has a solar panel, which in turn supplies power to drone in addition to battery.
- Visibility: There is a LED blinker at the center, which will blink (optional) while drone is flying.
- Traceability: This drone also has a GPS module to track its flying location.
- Design: The drone chassis or frame design is optimized to have less weight.
- Features: Camera is fitted by means of a Gimbal which enables two axes of rotation to capture most of the arena.
- Usability: There is a battery charge indicator, which enables the user to check the charge level.
Applications:
The major applications include surveillance, disaster relief, medical emergency transport such as blood units, to sense the ambient conditions at places where manual intervention is limited (ex: underground mining area) and in agriculture as well.
App Used:
Solidworks XDesign, Live Rendering, Fluid Scenario Creation
