Who Are We?
Edhitha is an undergraduate student organization of Ramaiah Institute of Technology, Bangalore, India. Edhitha aspires to develop Unmanned Aerial Systems capable of autonomous flight, object detection, obstacle avoidance, surveillance, mapping, air delivery, and a system which is also capable of real time data transmission. Edhitha harmonizes various fields of Science and Technology to develop an impeccably versatile and an economic system capable of civilian applications.
Edhitha participates in the SUAS (Student Unmanned Aerial Systems) competition held by AUVSI in the United States annually. The competition requires Edhitha 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 tasks.
Edhitha also pitches towards developing an Unmanned Aerial System capable of civilian applications focussing on various fields like Agriculture, Law Enforcement and Rescue Operations.
What we do?
SUBTEAMS
To ensure smooth and efficient operation of Edhitha, there are 4 main subteams namely Airframe, Navigation, IT and PR.
STRUCTURE & PROPULSION
- This team is responsible for
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Design and fabrication of unmanned aerial vehicles.
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Comprehensive assembly of drone for the different purpose.
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Conducting simulations and analysis of flights for a reliable and agile system .
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Selection criteria for various flight essentials such as flight motor, batteries, material out of which Drone is composed of.
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Integrate and fine-tune other systems such as payload release mechanism.
This team is responsible for
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Configuration of the autopilot system is done in order to achieve the desired mission
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Accurate positioning is achieved by accessing latitude and longitude coordinates via Mavlink protocol through geotagging.
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A proportional-integral- derivative controller in loop mechanism is employed to achieve fine tuning of the drone.
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Collaboration with with SPS team and ICS team in order to set up the on boards avionics and to achieve optimal navigation
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The hardware is set up to achieve complete auto mission involving auto take off to auto landing.
AVIATION ELECTRONICS & NAVIGATION
IMAGERY & CYBER SYSTEMS
This team is responsible for –
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Software solutions for autonomous detection of ground targets using open source open vision libraries & by leveraging machine learning algorithms.
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Creating algorithms for mapping a field of land using on-board camera and flight essential avionics.
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Setting up server for real-time autonomous data transmission from aerial aircraft to third party via Ground Control Station.
BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT
The PR team is responsible for reaching out to companies and organizations. They handle conversations with companies, conduct crowdfunding campaigns, and organize intra college events in the team’s name.
They are also responsible for managing the social media content and plan marketing strategies for promoting the club.
PILOT
The team pilot is responsible for operating the aircraft during tuning sessions of the aircraft. S/he is the person-in-charge of safe landing of the aircraft during emergency situations and during manual landing.