Founded in 2017, we are an undergraduate team developing specialized electric Unmanned Aerial Vehicles for the Robonation SUAS competition.
Team members gain experience through the full design cycle in mechanical, electrical, and software design. Recent work includes composite fabrication, simulation, custom circuit board design, and autonomous control.
Competitions
In 2024, we pivoted to the SUAS Competition to accommodate the growing electrical and software interests of our team. The SUAS Competition challenges undergraduate teams to design and develop Unmanned Aerial Systems (UAS) capable of completing autonomous missions. Examples of these tasks include Autonomous Flight, Obstacle Avoidance, Object Detection, and Air Delivery.
Through this competition, our team continues to build valuable skills in mechanical design, composite fabrication, aerodynamic analysis, power management, embedded systems programming, data processing, circuit prototyping, component selection, and system integration.
The American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics Cessna/Raytheon Missile Systems Student Design-Build-Fly competition provides a real-world aircraft design experience for engineering students by giving them the opportunity to validate their analytic studies
Student teams will design, fabricate, and demonstrate the flight capabilities of an unmanned, electric powered, radio controlled aircraft which can best meet the specified mission profile. The goal is a balanced design with good flight handling, high performance, and practical manufacturing requirements.