Flieger-My Buddy
By: The Power Of Poetry
Tags: Quadcopter Drone, Design Thinking, Quadcopter, Projects, Drones

“Reaching up the sky, beyond the limits”

Drones, the Unmanned Aerial Vehicles are a cool technology designed to ease the work of humans, in fact they do tasks which are quite difficult or sometimes impossible for us. The so-called robot-like vehicle, they are a perfect choice for the hardest of the work to be done then be it reaching the remote areas or spraying sanitizer, assistance in military bases to even being used in surgical strikes ( the URI strike where a bird shaped drone “Garuda” was used). Not only this, but they have also paved their way into homes of a hobbyist and are a biggest guide for a photographer. With a bag full of usage, drones are a perfect choice in this advancing world.

A pilot less flying vehicle, drones are operated using a Transmitter which is just like a remote control. The structure of the drone contains ESC’s, motors, Flight Controller, Frames, and a lot more stuff. The working mechanism involves the flight controller receiving signal from the Transmitter which in turn is given by the user. Drone changes its directions as Throttle (Up and Down), Pitch (Forward and Backward), Yaw (Rotation in Left and Right), Roll (Sideways moment in Left and Right).

Looking at the advantage’s drones have, we as a part of our Design Thinking and Innovation project, opted to give a try in making a drone “Flieger-My Buddy”. It all started with us looking into the issue of reaching out to people in remote areas during these unprecedented times of Covid19 and also, addressing the issue of sanitisation which is a necessity of the hour. After days of research, we came to the solution of making a Quadcopter Drone which would be quite useful for the future.

We commenced our development process by seeking more into the world of drones and doing courses on them over the internet. Also, we got in touch with some drone making experts to guide as a way far better. After getting an idea of what exactly we had to do and designing the UI diagram, we planned our execution strategy and worked towards it with full dedication. Along with this we also surveyed industry experts, potential users, friends, and family members for their valuable feedbacks on our idea and took them into great consideration. We also estimated the total cost required for our project, listed down some terms and conditions, thus working towards the documentation part of the project.

Our path to the end result was filled with challenges as this was our maiden attempt at drone development and also the rising cost of the components was a major factor of concern. Here, we are highly obliged to our university and Dr. Gaurav Singhal for providing us with some of the required components, thus helping us save money. Though there were several other challenges waiting for us on the way, we worked with an aim to finish at least a simple flying drone with a motto that “Challenges and Obstacles are a path of Life, If one can get over them, they have achieved the biggest victory”.

Now, after around 4 months, we are happy at where we stand. We have completed a simple quadcopter drone which is ready for flight.

However, our work is not complete yet. We plan to take our project further and attach a sprinkler, a carrier, camera, GPS module to it and make it a successful one in the coming months. We also plan to get it registered under the ministry of Civil Aviation and get its own Unique Identification Number (UIN). Further, we will be applying for a patent which if accepted would be quite beneficial for us. Thus, we have a long way forward with our drone and aim to make it capable for the use by the industry.

Here, it is worth mentioning that this project made us explore a new skill, something which we always wanted to put hands on. A skill which would help us in our future endeavours. After all, learning a new skill, open a bag full of great opportunities.

We pay our gratitude to Dr. Tapas Badal, Dr. Deepak Garg and CSE Bennett University for providing us with an opportunity to not only enrich our knowledge but also get an insight into how to prepare for projects at industry level.

An applause to all of us as a team for working together towards a great outcome.