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Overall Presentation

Weight: 15

Checklist

Notes

Grammar/Spelling

Structure/Organization

•  follows structure of CONOPS

• Make sure the reader is presented with a clear story of what your system will do and how it will meet the competition requirements. Organize the paper according to the evaluation criteria

Use of Figures/Charts/Tables

• have appropriate titles and labels

• referenced from the text so reader know’s what it’s trying to show

References Provided/Correct

•  includes AT LEAST 5 references other than CONOPS

Technical Description of Unmanned System

Weight: 50

Checklist:

Be Sure To Include:

Analysis of Alternate Solutions

• Frame - Brielle, Cindy, Megan

• Shrinjay

• Power Distribution - Kevin

• Flight Controller - Sahil, Kiran, Daniel

•  description of alternate solutions
•  decision on solution
•  diagram
•  how solution is relevant to problem space
•  in-depth analysis

• other ways the problem was approached

• why we chose this solution

• What options exist between custom hardware and replaceable commercial products (to add, what are tradeoffs in available features and functionalities)

Features and Capabilities

• Zeropilot - Dhruv

• Computer Vision Architecture: Object detection - Ray

• Computer Vision Architecture: Processing and Interfacing - Shrinjay, Ray

• Camera Gimbal - Steven, Josh

•  all features addressed (try to have them addressed in sequential order with reference to a diagram)
•  diagram
•  relevance to problem space
•  refer to “updated feedback“ for “features and capabilities”

• what makes this design special

Pick-Up/ Drop-Off Methodology

• Grabber (Cindy, Kayla, Matthew)

•  outline how QR codes will be read
•  discuss grabber
•  does the aircraft land? does it rely on Yolov5? How does it land? or Hover?

• what features this system has to allow for pickup and drop off of a range of design shapes

• how this process occur gently, accurately and at a distance

Automation

Comms & Control : Aaditya, Kaveet, Anthony, Dhruv

• Telemetry Architecture

• Inter thread communication on Autopilot

• Video streaming

BVLOS:

• Automated Takeoff and Landing

• Autonomous Identification of humans (Ray)

•  should mention pilot in the case of an emergency
•  outline strategy SPECIFIC TO TASKS
•  include a diagram

• how we meet the requirement for automated launch/flight to the intruders

Noise Signature

• Sahil, Brielle

• what UAV and/or navigational strategies are we using to minimize noise?

Safety

• Sahil

• Power Distribution - Kevin Li (Reverse polarity protection in case of reversed battery input connections) + (buck IC with thermal shutdown features in case of high temperatures)

•  Consider case of comms failure
•  Consider cases for system operating near the ground (should address nearby PEOPLE and objects…)

*both technical and physics safety issues should be addressed, the above considerations are just those forgotten on last years report, not all the cases.

• How we intend to avoid colliding with things

• Any other safety systems implemented

System Level Testing

• Flight tests - Sahil

• Firmware Tests (Dhruv)

• Electrical Tests (Kevin Li)

•  Risk Matrix
•  Explanation of tests during development
•  Explanation of tests during testing phase
•  Ensure ALL relevant system level tests are covered and spoken about IN DEPTH

• testing process implemented during development and in preparation for practice flights and scenarios

Technical Innovation and Novelty

Weight: 10

Checklist

Be Sure To Include:

Novel Approach to Mission Requirements

• CV - Shrinjay

• How overall and individual strategy for completing tasks is novel. (NOT talking about technologies required - that’s something else)

• detailed explanation

Novel Elements

• CV - Shrinjay

• Novel technology systems in the overall system. (What does our UAS have that make sit novel in the execution of the Tasks)