Autonomous Deployable Drone

This project is an ongoing development of an autonomous deployable drone, inspired by MIT's 2010 project Perdix. Designed for disaster scenario applications, the drone features an onboard Linux-based computer running ROS, along with standard RC plane components such as a brushless motor, propeller, ESC, LiPo battery, and yaw and pitch control surfaces. A key innovation is the inclusion of an Intel RealSense stereo vision camera, enabling real-time environmental mapping and object/person identification based on pre-loaded datasets. To enhance performance, computational fluid dynamics (CFD) will be utilized to optimize the efficiency and design of the fuselage and wings, which will be constructed from fiberglass, Kevlar, and custom-molded carbon fiber.