5.6 Development Project: Outline

5.6 Development Project: Outline

In this activity, you will submit an outline of your Development Project. Your outline is the blueprint for your paper. It does not need to be lengthy, but an outline will help you organize your research into a good writing plan and capture the different sections of your paper. Your outline should fit on a single page (no more than two pages).

Your outline should provide a brief description of the following components:

1. Introduction – Describe the relevancy and background of this project and how it relates to the field of unmanned systems autonomy and automation, to include the environment for the project: (select one) land, sea, air or space.

2. Perceived Need - Describe the perceived need for a new autonomous system (why is it needed?).

3. Design Overview - Identify innovative new technologies, methods, processes, or concepts relating to your perceived need.

4. Design Decisions - Present possible autonomous control and processing options for unmanned systems based on the operational environment and availability of new technology, methods, processes, or concepts.

5. Design Limitations - Provide requirement specifications associated with your perceived need (what it must be capable of, design imposed limits, etc.).

6. Conclusion – Provide an overview of your design, and recommend future research strategies to better understand the issue

My proposal

Development Project Proposal

There is no longer any question that small unmanned aircraft vehicles (UAVs) save time and reduce costs compared with the traditional ground and aerial techniques. Drones can provide accurate site inspections in a fraction of the time and capture fast aerial data, photos, videos, thermal signatures, leak detection, and other useful information. For example, non-contact, drone-based optical measurement, and photogrammetry have become common nondestructive testing methods for inspecting very tall structures like telecommunications towers. The simple truth is small drones multirotor, in particular, can fly lower and closer than traditional aircraft and can capture more detailed information. As a result, aerial inspections that had been too small for manned aircraft operations are now commonplace.

Drones provide a safe and cost-effective way to assess objects that otherwise require ground crews and/or a person to perform risky climbs. Inspections using drones can be as simple as visually inspecting a building facade to something more complex, such as using LiDAR to create digital elevation models. In either case, a single pilot can easily fly around whatever it is you want to be inspected and record a live feed of high-quality video for engineers on the ground.

This paper will discuss the specifications of a drone when used in power lines and infrastructure inspection, what sensors and maneuvering capabilities are needed to perform the task successfully. It will discuss the next generation of drones with built-in safeguards and compliance tech, smart accurate sensors, and self-monitoring. It will also discuss the recommendations the company can adopt, the design challenges such as power and GPS losses, and the existing methods for improving the navigation and control approaches. Further, it is proposing solutions for the next generation of drones.