Semester Research Student at Laboratory of Intelligent Systems (LIS), EPFL since Feb. 2021 Supervisor: Valentin Wüest (PhD student), Dr. Przemyslaw Mariusz Kornatowski, and Prof. Dario Floreano
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Background
At the Laboratory of Intelligent Systems (LIS), passionate researchers are developing a human-friendly drone delivery system for last-cm delivery - Dronistics. The system is composed of a safe drone called PackDrone and software to control and monitor drones in real-time.
PackDrone can eliminate the damage from propellers or rotor blades with a foldable protective cage
[Source: Dronistics]
- What is the goal of this semester project?
Our goal is to deliver to a balcony/window which is tagged with a special symbol/pattern. Moreover, the drone should be equipped with a system of collision avoidance to prevent hitting a building.
- Why motivates us to work on this project?
One vivid example is that in this special period of Covid-19, people are required to keep social distance while delivery work keeps operating. In contrast to large aircraft, window/balcony delivery with lightweight drone is a reasonable and effective solution to send valuable parcels such as medical supplies rapidly and safely.
System architecture
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Experiments
Visual fiducial marker evaluation
Onboard test
