Design of a Quadcopter for Winning the Jerry Sanders Creative Design Competition
Jordan Bramble, Harold Merida, Ibtsam Khan
System Engineering & Operations Research, George Mason University
Description of Competition
•
When: March 14-15, 2014
•
Where: 2000 sq. ft. arena, 6 ft. ceiling
•
26 teams in 2013, only one airborne.
•
•
•
Goal: Place colored cones onto pins to control
territories
o Points awarded based on time cone spends on pin.
o Three territories
Cones are located behind a hinged
door
Competition Rules / Scoring
• Each match will
• be seven (7) minutes long
• consist of four or fewer robots
• The team’s color cone is the topmost in the stack of cones for
control of a territory
• Teams cannot attempt to control a territory unless it would be
contiguous
• The first time a team’s door is opened will result in ten (10) points
• For each contiguous powered territory on the first level controlled
at the end of the match, a team will be awarded ten (10) points
• second level will be awarded thirty (30) points
• third level will be awarded forty (40) points
• 3X Point multiplier for airborne
A “best” strategy is needed to
determine probability of success
with an airborne entry
Simulation
Distributions from experimental data used to conduct
simulation
Inputs:
• Distributions
• Placement of cones on course
• Competition rules and scoring
• Oppoents capabilities and cone placements
Outputs:
• Total points
• # of territories controlled
Design of Experiment
Three Experiments:
Objective: Calculate Horizontal Velocity, Vertical
Velocity, and Landing Accuracy.
Experiment 1: 20.5 feet, 30.7 feet, 47.7 feet
19 trials per distance, 57 total trials
Experiment 2: 2.5 feet, 4.5 feet, 5.5 feet
5 trials per distance, 15 total trials
Experiment 3: 2.5 feet, 4.0 feet, 5.5 feet
8 trials per height, 24 total trials
Graph 1: Horizontal Distance 30.7 ft.
Results
Placeholder
Graph 2: Vertical Distance 4.5 ft.
Conclusions & Future Work
Place Holder
Graph 3: Landing Accuracy 4.5 ft