DESIGN OF AN AUTONOMOUS SURVEILLANCE QUAD COPTER

This paper describes the design and construction of a quad-copter with surveillance capabilities. The system incorporates several subsystems working in unison for communication and control. All of the maneuvering and stability management is controlled autonomously onboard of the quad copter by flight controller APM 2.7. Furthermore, it is used for autonomous flight from takeoff to landing. This device could be used to speedily gather information about an area from a stance point that would normally be inaccessible to human beings. The Mobiousmini action camera 1080P mounted on the quad copter captures live video of an environment and the data is serially sent back to a monitoring device where it can be observed or stored for further processing. GPS module of N6N is used for further controlled navigation. 3D-Model of the quad-copter was generated on an open source system design tool Blender 2.76 before implementation on hardware.