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Electrical Lead: responsible for wiring the drone and testing electrical systems
Ayoung`Ayoung:
Work on sensor driver integration and testing.
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Long Range Passenger Transport
We have designed Icarus with two key use cases in mind, which make it the ideal solution to urban air transport.
The first, is long range passenger transport. Passengers want to be able to travel longer distances in a more efficient manner. Icarus in its fixed-wing configuration can provide 30 minutes of flight time and 40 km of travel.
Furthermore, Icarus will be flying in high-density areas with skyscrapers and other aircrafts. Therefore it is imperative that it has collision detection and avoidance technology. Icarus was designed with these safety concerns in mind, by featuring 3 different camera perspectives, a controlled lighting system for night-time travel, and a wide variety of sensors so that we can get information on all aspects of the aircraft at any given time.
On-Demand Passenger Transport
The second key use case is on-demand passenger transport. In a big city environment, a common problem is often transporting multiple passengers to different destinations around the city.
Adaptability between quad and fixed-wing allows for landing in constrained locations where a fixed-wing cannot land
Modularity of cabin allows for different sizes of passenger cabins
many people want to travel as close to their desired location as possible. Therefore it is important to maximize the utility of our aircraft, so that once one trip has been completed, another can immediately begin, as if it were an Uber in the sky. Icarus is able to use cloud-computing to optimize routes for passengers based on trip requests made for the vehicle. Additionally, as Dhruv previously mentioned, our quad mode allows for precise vertical take-off and landing and our computer vision systems that we trained in-house allow us to find safe places to land near the passenger’s destination.
Slide 5: Conclusion & Why Icarus? (1.5 min) - Hamza Ali
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