Design and development of a nano drone – A real time UAV

Abstract

One of the most widespread applications of drones or unmanned aerial vehicles is in aerial photography and videography. The type of drones that accomplish this job are called camera drones that are unmanned aerial vehicles in quadrotor configuration. Even though there are camera drones available in the market, most of them are not easy to acquire, setup and operate legally without registration and permission from authority for every flight. This is mainly due to the reason most camera drones in the market that are capable exceed 250 g which is the maximum limit for any drone in India to operate legally without registration and permission. This can be very restricting for consumers but mainly photographers and content creators. The objective of this project is to design and develop a camera drone drive and control system platform that is essentially a quadrotor for aerial photography that weighs within 35 g excess of the weight falling under Nano category according to Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA). Despite this weight and space restriction, the functionality of the drone shall not be greatly sacrificed.