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Figure 2: Rendering of the Open Source Elev-8 quadrotor platform used in the
Anzhelka project (image courtesy of Parallax).
This senior design project’s goal is to create an autonomous quadrotor that
can be used to film outdoor sports such as mountain biking, snowboarding, and
skiing. The quadrotor will have a video camera mounted on a gimbal that will
always point at a subject/object to which the tracking device is attached. The
tracking device will have its own GPS and IMU in order to be able to determine
the location and heading of the subject/object. The quadrotor is intended to
fly autonomously, ie without a human controller. The quadrotor should be able
to maintain attitude (orientation) and position without human intervention.
Our quadrotor has many features including:
* 3-axis gyro
* 3-axis accelerometer
* 3-axis compass
* voltage and current monitoring of each motor
* a separate battery for logic operations
* the ability to control up to 8 servos
* the ability to track the exact speed of each motor
* 8 unallocated analog inputs
* mounting holes for all components and future upgrades
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