Following a disaster, robotic systems can be deployed to find the location of trapped victims and survey the area for damage. Systems to look down from the air provide good large scale coverage and wheel or legged ground based vehicles can provide detailed up close inspection. This search would require two separate vehicles types.
An alternative approach is proposed to develop a small unmanned vehicle that is capable of driving along the ground and flying (i.e a flying car). A design brief has been produced that states:
? The vehicle must be capable of 1 m/s ground speed.
? Have maximum ground dimensions as allocated individually in week 2 on the VLE assignment page.
? There is no restriction on the size in flight (i.e it is acceptable to fold parts to achieve the maximum ground dimensions)
? There are no air speed restrictions.
1) Perform a literature review [note you may not find papers on the overall system, but considering UGV’s (unmanned ground vehicles) and UAV’s (unmanned air vehicles) is appropriate]
2) Create a concept of the vehicle and discuss issues of actuators, sensors and autonomy.
3) Create a bill of materials for the major components (i.e motor type, battery source, chassis, etc)
4) Estimate the weight, aerodynamic drag in air and on the ground, the ground vehicle acceleration and lift.
5) From a stationary position, simulate a take off and landing of the vehicle and present/discuss graphs of the performance. [assume a point mass and use basic equations of lift/drag in the notes]
6) Draw conclusions about the feasibility and performance from your analysis (marks are awarded for the mathematical analysis of the system, not whether the analysis reveals problems/limitations)
7) Write a report in the style of the template (6 pages maximum).
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