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Octacopter

The document outlines a project to design and build an octocopter UAV capable of performing various missions, particularly in agriculture for fertilizer distribution. It highlights the octocopter's ability to hover, carry payloads of 2-3 liters, and includes features such as a camera, onboard processor, telemetry, GPS, and a sprinkler system. The project aims to utilize commercial components for enhanced functionality and efficiency in agricultural applications.

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Octacopter

The document outlines a project to design and build an octocopter UAV capable of performing various missions, particularly in agriculture for fertilizer distribution. It highlights the octocopter's ability to hover, carry payloads of 2-3 liters, and includes features such as a camera, onboard processor, telemetry, GPS, and a sprinkler system. The project aims to utilize commercial components for enhanced functionality and efficiency in agricultural applications.

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SAHYADRI EDU DREAMERS EDU R&D PVT LTD

OCTOCOPTER
ABSTRACT
Since as early as 1920, multicopter vehicles have been designed, built, and used to
experiment with aerial vehicle designs. The multicopters design is one example of the many
prototypes produced. Our project will explore the use of commercial components to design and
build a small UAV that is capable of performing a number of missions for commercial and
industrial scenarios. The quad-copter configuration has the advantage that it can hover over an
area of interest unlike a conventional aircraft that has to constantly move forward. The hover of
the aircraft found use in the field of agriculture. In agriculture, the farmers usually face problems
with the sprinkling of fertilizers either at the tip of the tree or at the middle of the crop field. The
best and reliable solution of UAV’s with greater payloads to carry litres of fertilizers with more
flight time.

The project goal was to design an Octocopter capable of self-sustained flight via wireless
communication. The octocopter was designed to carry payload of about 2-3 litres of fertilizers.
The scheduler program arranges the following tasks: controller input, sensor data received from
the accelerometer, gyros, and magnetometer. The wireless transceivers use SPI to send control
signal to the control board on the quadcopter from the handheld controller unit. The
accelerometer/gyroscope and magnetometer both use I2C to send the amount of acceleration,
stabilization and the direction vector. The motors are being controlled by the PWM ports on the
control board.

Features in a DRONE:

 R.G.B Camera: For real time image capturing this could be extended to monocular or
optical flow sensor for autonomous applications.

 On board processor for data acquisition: A on board processor for acquiring the data
from host of sensors and the combining them to give a meaningful data regarding the
environment

 On board Telemetry: This is used to transmit all the data (sensor data, on board
parameters like battery voltage, acceleration, vibration, failsafe condition etc) to the off
board processor(PC)

 Video TX-RX: This is to send live feed of video to the base station for surveillance.
 On board GPS: Autonomous way point navigation, Dynamic GPS navigation, loiter, Alt
hold etc can be achieved using GPS and host of other MEMS.

 App for easy control and procession: An app to control all the parameters, to plan a
mission to view the feed etc can be done.

 Sprinkler with tank: Tank with the capacity of 4literes with sprinklers attached in the
arms

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