About B.R.D.
The battery limitation of drones is a major obstacle to achieving continuous flight time which is a significant issue for a number of fields such as drone delivery, building scanning, and surveillance.
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There is a clear need in the market for a mechanism or method to extend the battery life of a drone to perform long duration flights.
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Our team decided to tackle this problem by developing an idea for replacing a drone's battery mid-flight using another drone.
The team decided the solution to be an in-flight swapping one for the following reasons:
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Provides 100% battery extension by fully swapping out depleted batteries
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No loss of state as battery swap is performed in-flight
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Battery delivery can be done concurrently with drone operations
Design
The team has detail design for each of the following subsystems: Mechanical, Electrical, and Software.
Mechanical
CAD of the propellers, arms, and motor
Electrical
Manufacture of the drone
System Architectures and Design
Software
System Architectures
