Welcome to our SUAS Project Page! This is our competition hexacopter we are building to be capable of flying over ten miles, carry and drop 5 lbs of water bottles, and localize and detect targets from over 80ft away. Here is a video of our prototype assembly and first flight! Read more…
Project Manager/Author: David Hooper | Diego Uribe | Amira Ryce | Ann Cherayil | Arno Zhang | Rafi Hanafiah | Trisha Bhattacharyya | Jason Anderson | Justin Wang | Michelle Gantos | Elizabeth Avelar Introduction The X Class project team started because of an interest in the local Bay-area meetup Read more…
Project Manager/Author: Matt Wong | Darius Dastur | Tanner Dekock Introduction I began the Midair Hotswap project at the start of my Sophomore year as a Project Manager. We started with about 12 people and over the course of the 3 semesters we worked on this project, we ended up with Read more…
Project Manager/Author: Alex Chan | Raymond Gu | Timothy Liu | Nick Mecklenburg Introduction One of the largest markets for drones is for tracking in action sports like racing and snowboarding. However, current quadcopters that utilize object tracking algorithms are restricted to front facing viewpoint, where a viewer would only be Read more…
Project Manager & Author: Nick Doerschlag Other Contributors: Joel Lee | Micheal Cheng | Ann Cherayil | Frank Yang | Diego Uribe | Noah Gundotra Introduction The Video Photo team started in 2017 as a way to connect UAV’s @ Berkeley with other clubs and organizations on Berkeley’s campus. Since Read more…
Project Manager/Author: Matt Wong | Darius Dastur | Tanner Dekock Introduction UAVs@Berkeley has mostly focused on multirotor endeavors but this semester we decided to tackle our first fixed wing project. Project AirDrop’s goal was to create a GPS navigated plane that had the capability to autonomously deliver parcels. This technology has Read more…
Project Leader/Author: Timothy Liu, Trey Fortmuller, Amal Mehta, Prom Putthisri, Kallan Bar Introduction One potential application for drones is on the construction site. While they are already being used to survey plots of land and to catch any potential issues during construction, having drones actually build the structure is still Read more…
Introduction The competition, rather with a lengthy name – Association For Unmanned Vehicle Systems International – Student Unmanned Aerial Systems Competition, requires students to design, integrate, report on, and demonstrate a UAS capable of autonomous flight and navigation, remote sensing via onboard payload sensors, and execution of a specific set of Read more…
Project Manager/Author: Tanner Dekock | Isabella Macdea | Daniel Kessler Introduction The Lasertag Project team was created by and first led by Joey Kroeger, the club’s head of R&D, in Fall 2017. Before joining, I had barely known anything about drones, let alone built a quadcopter. But joining the lasertag Read more…