DRONES:A LOOK INTO THE FUTURE

SUMMARY

• Identifying a drone

• Drone anatomy

• Drones regulations in Canada

• Drone applications

• The sport of the future.

RONALD MEZAProduction engineerAtlantic University – Barranquilla, Colombia.

• More than 6 years of experience

designing, building, flying and…

crashing drones.

• Work as professional drone pilot and

organizer in the largest FPV racing

drone league in Canada.

R/C VEHICLE DRONEA radio-controlled aircraft is a small

flying machine that is controlled

remotely by an operator on the

ground using a hand-held

radio transmitter SENSORS

GPS

Formal name: Unmanned Aerial

Vehicle (UAV)

Can fly autonomously through

software-controlled flight plans in

their embedded systems working in

conjunction with GPS.

UAV-MULTIROTORS

AERODYNAMICALLY UNSTABLE

REQUIRE A COMPUTER

CONNECTED TO SENSORS

USE A MATHEMATICAL

ALGORITHM TO MAINTAIN STABLE

FLIGHT

SENSORS

GYROSCOPE ACCELEROMETER

ARDUINO UNO + WII MOTION PLUS

MULTIWII

HOW DOES IT WORK?PID CONTROL

IS A CONTROL LOOP FEEDBACK MECHANISM WIDELY

USED IN CONTROL SYSTEMS.

CALCULATES AN “ERROR” VALUE AS THE

DIFFERENCE BETWEEN MEASURED VARIABLE AND A

DESIRED SET-POINT.

MINIMIZE THE ERROR BY ADJUSTING THE CONTROL

INPUTS.

HOW DOES IT WORK?MOTOR MIX

ROLL

FLIP

ROTATION

UP/DOWN

HOW IS CONFORMED?PARTS:

• FRAME (BODY)

• FLIGHT CONTROLLER (BRAIN)

• MOTORS (MUSCLES)

• ELECTRONIC SPEED CONTROLLER (NERVOUS

SYSTEM)

• PROPELLERS (WINGS)

• RADIO TRANSMITTER AND RECEIVER

• BATTERY

• SENSORS

• CAMERAS

Different kind of multirotors

UAV-REGULATIONS IN

CANADADO YOU USE IT FOR WORK?

DOES IT WEIGHT MORE THAN

35KG?

- FLY DURING THE DAY IN GOD WEATHER

- FLY LOS ALL THE TIME

- RESPECT PRIVACY

- DON’T FLY CLOSE TO AIRPORTS, MOVING

VEHICLES, PEOPLE OR HIGHER THAN 90 M

UAV-REGULATIONS IN

CANADADO YOU USE IT FOR WORK?

DOES IT WEIGHT MORE THAN

35KG?

- FLY DURING THE DAY IN GOD WEATHER

- FLY LOS ALL THE TIME

- RESPECT PRIVACY

- DON’T FLY CLOSE TO AIRPORTS, MOVING

VEHICLES, PEOPLE OR HIGHER THAN 90 M

DRONE APPLICATIONS• REAL ESTATE SALES SUPPORT

• AERIAL SURVEY

• CONSTRUCTION MANAGEMENT

• BUILDING ROOF INSPECTIONS

• CROP STUDIES

• RESCUE OPERATIONS SUPPORT

• MARINE MAMMAL STUDY

• MAIL DELIVERY

• SURVEILLANCE

• RACES

• MOVIES AND FILMS

http://money.cnn.com/2014/11/25/news/drone-pilot-degree/

VANCOUVERITE MATTY “STUNTZ’@ THE U.S. DRONE NATIONALS 2015

FPV DRONE RACING