The Final Product

The Final Product

When people hear the word “drone,” they usually immediately think of a toy with a camera meant for an adult child or a military device capable of mass destruction. They do not realize the immense amount of applications that fall between these two extremes....
Building the SEA_RESCUE Drone: Day One

Building the SEA_RESCUE Drone: Day One

Our task is to build a drone that can fly out to sea up to 1/2 mile or so and inspect drifting ships and rafts to see if people are still on-board. Also, a secondary task, is to deliver a life preserver to someone caught in a RIP current. As a result certain aspects...
The Sea Rescue Team

The Sea Rescue Team

What are we doing? Our Goal is to create a drone that would help to decrease response times for emergency personnel in remote water front areas such as the Fire Rescue services on Carova Island, NC. In places like this, there are few to no paved roads and it can take...
Summary of Phone Interview With Carova Fire Department Staff

Summary of Phone Interview With Carova Fire Department Staff

Sea Rescue Team ODU Summary of phone interview with the Carova, North Carolina Fire Department Representative on 10/25/2016. Back story: The inspection of floating rafts and small crafts off the shore that are floating by are a relatively frequent occurrence. So much...
Sea Rescue Bill of Materials

Sea Rescue Bill of Materials

Here is our proposed bill of materials. Due to time restraints, we could not build a drone from scratch. Instead, we chose to purchase a prebuilt chassis.The HEXH2O is a waterproof drone chassis that meets all of our requirements. The payload release system is only...
Introductions: The Sea Rescue Group Meets for the First Time

Introductions: The Sea Rescue Group Meets for the First Time

The Sea Rescue Group met as a group for the first time on Friday to discuss the scope of our project. The group started with researching some of the current drones used for sea rescue, and discussed some of the limitations of our project. Questions: What is our budget...