Spelunking Lightweight Quadcopter

Drones
Spring 2025

This project aims to create a quadcopter for usage in cave exploration. The quadcopter receiver communicates with the flight controller via PPM, the X-frame is custom machined from carbon fiber, and the controller is capable of communicating with the receiver from over 50 meters away using the ESP-NOW protocol. While this project accomplished flight in three dimensions and has the ability to hover, we have plans for future improvements. Those involve implementing a protective cage and using sensors to generate a model of its surroundings.

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Artifacts

Name Description
Project Poster PDF depicting the digital version of our expo poster   Download
Executive Summary PDF of the Executive Summary from the Project Document   Download
Project Summary Video Project summary video containing information and pitch for the quadcopter.   Link
Team 4 Project Document Project document for the system.   Download
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