Abstract:
Using UAVS, especially drones for monitoring and surveillance is much more efficient
and reduces the response time by almost 44%. This project aims to design and develop a
workable swarm system which can serve the purpose of surveillance by observing research
and development in this field. Introduction of swarm technology for surveillance can help
reduce damage in case of disaster to a great extent and serve a wide range of other purposes.
The project consisted of selection of appropriate components for assembly of drones.
Selection of motors was based on the takeoff weight of the drone. For the flight automation,
a virtual drone was spawned and controlled on ROS which is to be simulated and then fed
to the microcontrollers for each drone. Gazebo coupled with ROS noetic was used for
simulation of drones in environments. CFD of drone frame and propeller was performed
to calculate drag, pressure, and wake region of the drone and determine minimum distance
between the drones. The drag coefficient was approximately 1 and the minimum distance
was 300mm.
