Design and development of a crop spraying quadcopter | |
| Author | Cumaranatunga, Palavinnege Charana M. |
| Call Number | AIT Caps. Proj. no.ME-18-36 |
| Subject(s) | Drone aircraft Aeronautics in agriculture PID controllers |
| Note | A capstone project report submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Bachelor of Science in Engineering Mechatronics Engineering, School of Engineering and Technology |
| Publisher | Asian Institute of Technology |
| Series Statement | Caps. Proj. ; no. ME-18-36 |
| Abstract | Drone technology is the newest hot topic in aerospace engineering growing almost daily around the world in the modem day. Using drones in Agriculture is a new concept that could benefit the industry massively both by making processes more efficient and also save time and finances. Quadcopter is simply a 4 winged multirotor that has the ability to hover in air. In this project the copter has been further developed to carry and spray a water body over an area while hovering in air. This project can be further developed to reach a maximum potential of fully autonomous flight to spray a field using gps and flight patterns. The copter and the spraying in this project is controlled using a remote controller. The stability of the flight in this project was improved using PID controllers to control brush less motors and utilizing a mini-pixhawk high speed micro-controller as the brain of the copter. |
| Year | 2018 |
| Corresponding Series Added Entry | Asian Institute of Technology. Caps. Proj. ; no. ME-18-36 |
| Type | Capstone Project |
| School | School of Engineering and Technology (SET) |
| Department | Department of Industrial Systems Engineering (DISE) |
| Academic Program/FoS | Microelectronics (ME) |
| Chairperson(s) | Than Lin; |
| Examination Committee(s) | Bohez, Erik; |
| Degree | Capstone Project (B.Sc.)-Asian Institute of Technology, 2018 |