Taking Flight

Taking Flight

For Galen and Zach, the physics majors in the group, flying the drone came with ease. It took a few flights of trial and error for them to get the UAV to fly exactly how they wanted, but within minutes they had it flying around the room, landing on different...
Bill of Materials

Bill of Materials

Have you ever written a list of things you need from the grocery store and then triple checked it because it felt like you were forgetting something? After the third round through your refrigerator and pantry, you finally cave to the facts that you just don’t need as...
Ready to Build

Ready to Build

Our goals to date have been met. Over the semester so far, we have really put our focus into three aspects: identifying our problem/goal, creating a plan to get there, and collaborating from three very different disciplines. We have met these goals. We have identified...
Why go UAV?

Why go UAV?

  This is how far we’ve come. Our slide below shows the big picture along with the smaller case study of what we plan to do with our UAV. With the smaller case, we have our case study. For the big picture, we have our application and our consultants...
Beginning of History

Beginning of History

With our UAV, we plan to do a case study analyzing the Municipal Building downtown. Using photogrammetry, we can take a series of photographs and then translate them into a 3D digital or physical models. We are hoping through this process to create something that will...