DESIGN AND DEVELOPMENT OF SWARM NETWORK FOR MONITORING AND SURVEILLANCE

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.