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Team Resources:<\/strong><\/h1>\n

Weekly Status Reports<\/a><\/p>\n

Google Folder w\/ Team Documents<\/a><\/p>\n

Github Repository<\/a><\/p>\n

Project Documents:<\/strong><\/h1>\n

Abstract<\/a><\/p>\n

Project Proposal Presentation<\/a><\/p>\n

Design Review Presentation<\/a><\/p>\n

Design Review Report<\/a><\/p>\n

Final Presentation<\/a><\/p>\n

Final Poster<\/a><\/p>\n

Final Video<\/a><\/p>\n

Final Report<\/a><\/p>\n

Introduction:<\/strong><\/h1>\n

Whether for black ops, reconnaissance, monitoring critical rescue missions, or simply vlogging, people would love the ability to easily access live aerial footage of themselves or another target. However, learning to control and maneuver a drone precisely enough to capture stable video for aerial footage is difficult and wasted effort. Our project, Hawkeye, aims to handle that for you. Hawkeye is a drone that can autonomously follow you using a cheap camera and stream live video of your movements to a wearable display. It also saves the footage to an SD card for later analysis\/use if needed.<\/span><\/p>\n

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We expect to build:<\/span><\/p>\n

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  1. Drone communication:<\/b> Wifi-based exchange of tracking data, compressed video feed from a 12MP camera, and motion commands with a small microcontroller.<\/span><\/li>\n
  2. The \u201cbrains\u201d:<\/b> a board that is located within a user\u2019s backpack (or on their shoulder) that performs the detection of the user \/ location tracking and plans out future motion<\/span><\/li>\n
  3. Display:<\/b> a wearable wrist display that shows the live video shot from the drone<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

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    Goals of our project:<\/span><\/p>\n

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    1. A drone that users can trust to accurately follow them without needing constant attention and worry. The user will have a clean and easy-to-access display, giving constant feedback about the drone\u2019s tracking status, battery life, and any issues that arise.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n
    2. Safety will always be a concern for drones that fly at high altitudes, so our drone will have well-defined fallback behavior in case the target is lost, the drone runs out of battery, the drone has trouble keeping up, or flying conditions are too dangerous.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

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      What makes our project cool and unique:<\/span><\/p>\n