Vertically Integrated Projects (VIP): Air Force Research Laboratory  - Unmanned Aerial Systems
Channel: Purdue Engineering
Date: 2022-07-15

The Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) funded this VIP project done by the Society of Women Engineers (SWE) team. The motivating problem is search and rescue in a collapsed building environment in response to the collapse of the Champlain Towers in Florida. The goal of this vehicle is to put 3D maps of the interior of a collapsed building into the hands of rescue workers to increase safety and aid rescue efforts. Relevant topics such as Kalman filtering, embedded autopilot systems, the Robot Operating System (ROS), motion planning, and simulation using Gazebo were employed. Additionally, the SLAM algorithm Rtabmap was used to create the 3D map, and a thermal camera was used to highlight a person's body heat in the map.

The Vertically Integrated Projects (VIP) program provides an opportunity for undergraduate students to earn academic credit while engaging in research and design projects related to active research areas of Purdue faculty members and national, international, and industry-sponsored design challenges. First-year through senior students can participate on interdisciplinary and vertically-integrated teams with faculty and graduate student mentors for multiple semesters to address these real-world research and design challenges. 

VIP AFRL-UAS Course: https://engineering.purdue.edu/VIP/teams/afrluas 
Vertically Integrated Projects (VIP): https://engineering.purdue.edu/VIP

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