Inertial Capture and Receiving of UAVS: SENSING (ICARUS)

Team ICARUS

Project Topic: Active Platform for Autonomous Docking of Multi-Copters on Moving Vehicle Surface: Sensing/Controls

Description: Icarus will develop the sensing and controls for a system that allows for the autonomous landing and docking of a payload-carrying multi-copter on moving surface vehicles via an autonomous docking platform and capture mechanism. The target environment for this docking platform is onboard ships in the ocean and vehicles in motion such as trucks. The sensing system will track the relative motion of the inertially unstable vehicle that the active docking platform is attached to, as well as develop control software for both the movement of the motion base and winch.

Sponsor: Maxar

Team Members: Quinn Fenimore (PM), Mohammed Al Alawi, Rishi Ayyagari, Danny Pedersen, Duncan Adams, Vance Lever, Kirin Kawamoto, Kai Laws, Jackson Braun, Winnie Regan, Violet Binns