Project Overview
I am building autonomous surveillance drones that can find their way through a cluttered environment without anyone flying them. It is still at the concept and early prototype stage.
The focus is on robust systems that combine real-time computer vision for object tracking with stable, efficient flight controllers. We want to push what edge computation can do in robotics, particularly for search and rescue or monitoring missions.
Status: Concept stage. More updates and technical details coming soon.
The AIR Research Group Team
What We're Building
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Real-time Computer VisionIntegrating object detection and tracking pipelines that run on edge hardware, enabling the drone to identify and follow targets autonomously in real time.
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Autonomous Flight ControlDeveloping stable, efficient flight controllers that allow the drone to navigate complex environments - indoors and outdoors - without human intervention.
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Edge ComputationPushing the boundaries of on-device AI inference for robotics, optimising models to run within the power and compute constraints of a drone platform.