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Nova Labs - RhinoHawk. Introduction Meeting March 20 th , 2014. Agenda. Introductions Challenge Overview Overall goal Dates and deadlines Scoring Environmental details Create development teams Aircraft refinement Ground station software integration Radio integration
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Nova Labs - RhinoHawk Introduction Meeting March 20th, 2014
Agenda • Introductions • Challenge Overview • Overall goal • Dates and deadlines • Scoring • Environmental details • Create development teams • Aircraft refinement • Ground station software integration • Radio integration • Camera integration (FM10X MICRO 700TVL ZOOM) • Gimbal development • Image recognition software development (open CV) • Mission planning and operations development • Product development and commercialization • Marketing and fundraising – includes photos and video of the team’s efforts • Set milestones • Flight at baron park on March 22nd from 11am-1pm at Baron Cameron Park • Hardware integration testing demonstration April 3rd • Fundraising proposal complete by April 4th - Lost rhino bike-a-thon • Flight testing at Middletown Primary School on April 19th at 1:00 PM • Critical Design Review Due April 30th • Flight Readiness Report – June 30, 2014 • Flight Test Report – July 31, 2014 • Final Design Report – September 30, 2014 • Final Challenge Flight – November TBD, 2014
Mission Functionality Mission Planning Low cost VTOL Record keeping & trending Interaction Object identification and investigation Why VTOL? … http://diydrones.com/profiles/blog/show?id=705844%3ABlogPost%3A1278384&xg_source=activity&page=5 Hover video Perch and stare
Aircraft Airframe Flight computers Power and control Gimbal Sensors Why high tech? http://store.3drobotics.com/products/optical-flow-sensor http://www.udoo.org/features/
Ground Station Interface devices Radio GCS display layout Transportation Image recognition Why WiFicomms? … http://diydrones.com/profiles/blogs/the-case-for-wifi-in-drones