ICARUS Is an autonomous UAS system designed to navigate a designated area to determine the location of a payload marked by an ArUco marker. These coordinates will be communicated to our counterparts on the ground based rover team, where their autonomous rover will use these coordinates to retrieve the aforementioned payload.
I am acting as the lead airframe and aerodynamics engineer as well as the lead manufacturing contact for my Senior Projects focused on autonomous UAS systems. My focus is in the SolidWorks modeling and physical manufacturing processes of the project.
This model is a fully established assembly in SolidWorks consisting of the two shell pieces of the airframe while also containing 3D models of all electronic components that need to be arranged within the airframe. This allows for easy modification of the airframe thanks to the physical visualization of the internal components and their positioning.
The top shell of the airframe features an X formation with 4 embedded mounts for the propellor motors from which wiring channels connect to the internal area of the quadrotor. The top also features a vent cutout in the shape of our team name; ICARUS.
The bottom shell of the airframe features a centered and beveled cutout for our chosen camera, allowing the camera to press-fit into the base of the airframe. The bottom connects to the top via four screws in each corner of the bottom frame.