ALAB

Project Title

ALAB

Project Area of Specialization RoboticsProject Summary

The main objective our project is to combine 4wd car and quadcopter as a single air frame unit that can move on ground and fly in air. The air frame is designed to carry a small medical first aid kit or a small package to carry the package to its destination. The quadcopter section will be GPS based following its waypoints to its destination provided by the user. The car section will be obstacle avoidance avoiding any obstacle in its path and can also be switched to manual mode. The main idea was to implement based on the fact that if due to some reason ALAB is stuck due to environmental conditions for example rain, or heavy winds we can make it capable of moving on ground terrain also. We achieved our objective by controlling the quadcopter section through efficient flight controller and the car section is controlled by the Arduino microcontroller. The car mode can be switched to as obstacle avoidance and manual mode, the main idea was to implement obstacle avoidance and manual mode control in the car. The overall control is made possible by user application in form of smartphone app, through this application we can switch between our drone and quad mode. We can also switch the car in obstacle avoidance and manual mode with the same user app at our disposal, the control is shifted by diverting the power to quadcopter when in drone mode or diverting the power to the 4wd car when in car mode. The drone mode is armed with the  RC transmitter once  when the the quad mode is armed it follows the waypoints provided by the user through mission planner software reaching its destination point which status can be easily viewed by the user on ground station PC, the status includes the complete information regarding the quadcopter altitude, position, angles of movements in different orientations and also about errors and failures occurring during flight. We achieved most of the goals by making our frame obstacle avoidance in car mode and switching it to manual mode but the quad section is having some issues  during auto mode because during flight a little variance in compass readings cause serious crashes to our project, which also led to damages to our air frame. 

Project Objectives

Our main goals cover the following features in our project

•Making the project movable on both ground and air mode

•Smart control through smart phone over the Wi-Fi network

•Making the quad section GPS based following the waypoints provided by the user

•Making the car section working in both manual and obstacle avoidance mode

•Making the Quadcopter section and car section both working in obstacle avoidance mode.

Project Implementation Method

first of all the basic step is to deign the frame work then according to our designed frame and observing all measurements we had select the components for example brush less DC motors, similarly all components according to our need. 

Benefits of the Project

Achieved smooth and stable flight by the RC transmitter and controlling the quadcopter in manual mode

Achieved autonomous car drive making it obstacle avoidance using ultrasonic sensor feedback

Achieved manual mode for car mode, which is user choice oriented which is introduced as an extra achievement in our project.

Achieved a vehicle for urgent delivery of an object and can serve as package delivery UAV, the package can be in form of medical box

Technical Details of Final Deliverable

The specifications we were able to achieve in this project is

•Manual control of quadcopter section by  RC controller

•Smart switching to drone and car mode over Wi-Fi network accessible from anywhere in the world

•Making the car mode working in obstacle avoidance path

•Capable of moving on both air and ground mode.

Final Deliverable of the Project HW/SW integrated systemType of Industry Others Technologies RoboticsSustainable Development Goals Climate ActionRequired Resources

Item Name	Type	No. of Units	Per Unit Cost (in Rs)	Total (in Rs)
			Total in (Rs)	68000
BLDC	Equipment	4	7000	28000
Lipo Battery	Equipment	1	10000	10000
frame	Equipment	1	30000	30000