System Maintenance, Method of Data Collection and Research Locale

System Maintenance

The proponents need to maintain the system by checking all the materials before and after the flight and test flight to avoid the copter to crush during the flight or damaging materials.

Methods of Data Collection

     Observation. The proponents have been very observant when it comes to the problems in our society. The proponents find out that it is hard to survey the affected area after the calamity and it takes time to find out if there’s a survivor in that area and can see what the calamity or accident had done to that area.

     Internet browsing. The proponents gathered some knowledge and information by the help of internet browsing.

Interviewing. The proponents had conduct an interview to the aircraft hobbyist for their experience in their aircraft. 

Research Locale

The proponents choose to implement the aerial reconnaissance robot in parts of Quezon province especially in mountainous terrain where areas are suspected or prone to land slide, liquefaction and disaster. For military or law enforcement assistance to give a bird’s eye view then later on can be analyzed and can make up a plan or strategy. 

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Prototype Designing, Circuitry, Software, System Development and Implementation

Prototype Designing

The proponents begin in the preliminary plan. This plan involves all the components and consideration needed in designing an “Aerial Reconnaissance Robot”. The important factors are the circuitry, software and other components.

Circuitry

      The components to be used in this design project are camera, transmitter, receiver, 4 servo motors, 4 motors, 4 propeller, 4 Electronic Speed Controller (ESC), APM Flight controller, 5500mAh 11.1V rechargeable Lithium Polymer battery, video transmitter and receiver, gps, buzzer, ubec and another 1300mAh battery for the video.

Software

     The proponents used Mission planner. This software will be used to program the flight controller.

System Development and Implementation

       The system of the study is built technically in which the system brings into operational use.

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Feasibility of the Study, System Analysis and Design

Feasibility of the study

The study was discussed into two areas the technical and the operational feasibility. This two areas determine whether the study is feasible.

        Technical Feasibility. A flight controller specifically APM Flight controller is used as the brain of the robot. All parts of the robot are controlled by the flight controller.

      Operational Feasibility.  The Aerial Reconnaissance Robot is easy to use, the user just need to focus and practice in using it.

System Analysis

     The proponents examined and analyzed what can be more efficient for the project to stay in the air, how to make the project hover while taking videos and pictures and lastly what will be the outcome of that system.

System Design

      The proponent’s principle objective is to survey area after the calamity. The system start in the controller, the controller command’s the robot to move forward, backward, left, right, rotate left, rotate right, throttle up and throttle down by sending data using transmitter and receiver. It has 4 servo motor: first servo motor is for moving the camera left and right, the second servo motor is for the moving the camera up and down, the third is for the triggering the capture of the camera and the last one is for the zoom in and zoom out of the camera. It has a 2 function of the camera: first is zooming for focusing the area and the second is capturing and recording of the camera.

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Research and Design and Problem Identification

Research and Design

The proponents conducted a research analysis and observation from existing project to serve as a guideline in making this project and to accomplish the objective. After the information has been gathered, the proponents analyzed and planned the design of the study.

Problem Identification

Based on the observation in our society problem, the proponents found out that there are so many unexpected events like earthquake, landslide, storms and many more that destroy our environment and make the people’s lives in danger. To help the rescuer fined the survivors and to gather information about the damage of an area, a bird’s eye view of the area is needed.

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