Design and Development of Drone

Abstract

A drone is a flying robot that can be remotely controlled or fly autonomously using software-controlled flight plans in its embedded systems, that work in conjunction with onboard sensors and a global positioning system (GPS). UAVs were most often associated with the military. They are used in many applications like Photography and Videography, delivering goods, monitoring change in climate, surveillance and target attacks in military, besides these, drones can also be a very good equipment that can be used in times of a disaster. In case of natural disasters like earthquakes, floods and fire accidents, there will be difficulty in locating and visualizing the disaster-affected area and locating where people are trapped. In such a case, a drone can be used to visualize the condition of the disaster occurred area and locate where the people are trapped. The drone is operated using ROS where the communication between ROS and the drone is made. The drone can also be fed with image-processing algorithms to locate people and also the level of damage can be calculated.