Drones are unmanned aerial vehicles that have no pilot onboard. The document summarizes the key parts of drones including the airframe, propulsion system, flight control computer, and payload accessories. It describes how drones can be controlled through radio signals for short distances or via satellites and ground control stations for longer distances. Examples of drone applications include military uses like reconnaissance as well as civilian uses in agriculture, climate monitoring, and deliveries. The future of drone technology is predicted to include expanded uses in farming, archaeology, humanitarian efforts, and more.

1. DRONE
TECHNOLOGY &ADVANCEMENTS
Guide: Mr. Syed Muhammed Fahd,
Department of Mechanical engineering
TKMCE
Presentation by,
Deepak.M
M7A-7326
TKMCE

2. Drones
“Unmanned aerial vehicle which has no on-board pilot”
Propellers
Camera
Sensors
And
controllers

3. Drone parts:
Pay loads
Vehicle or plat
form
Control and
navigation
Drone

4. • Vehicle or plat form: The one on which the other parts of drones are mounted.
The airframe
The propulsion system
The flight control computer or system
The precision navigation system
Sense & Avoid System
• Navigation and controlling system: The micro controller and related transceiver
systems enables the user to navigate and communicate with the drone.
• Pay loads: The accessories which give input to the micro controller is called payloads
Electro-optical Sensing Systems and Scanners
Infra-Red Systems
Radars
Environmental sensors

5. Inside the controlling system

6. How to control them by human
If distance is small
• A radio signal transceiver is the main part
of system
• Distance is limited
• Cannot be used in a hustle atmosphere
due to noise
• Effectiveness is some what less
• Certain preprogramming can be done if
task is of repetitive. Which will eliminate
the human operator.
• Used only with general purpose drones.

7. Control over drone by satellites and ground
control stations (remote human operated)
Ground
control
station
Drone
Satellite
What if the distance is too large?

8. Law of aviation, law for
surveillance, etc. determine
the use of drone between
countries
Challenges in
drone in design
The ability to complete a
mission
Moral side is the assassination
ability and privacy control

9. Nano drones
‘smart particles’ or ‘Micro-
Electro Mechanical Systems
(MEMS)
Micro drones
7 kg or 5 kg, or 2 kg or 1 kg,
or as little as 0.1 kg.
Mini drones
between 20 kg (or 25 kg) and
150 kg/100 kg. In military
contexts, some sources use a
lower threshold of 30 kg
Large drones
150kg and more
SIZE

10. What they have now?
• ARGUS IS
• 1800MP CAMERA
• 1.8 billion pixels
• captures video at 12 fps
Image formed by ARGUS IS from 20,000 feet.ARGUS-IS

11. POWER SOURCE
• Power proportional to weight.
• Alta’s cells are used for the solar panel.
• Alta’s cells, made with gallium-arsenide, are 1
micron thick, compared with the common 180-
micron silicon cells that common today.
• Alta’s cells also are more efficient at converting
sunlight into electricity than thinner solar cells made
with compounds such as copper-indium-gallium-
selenide or cadmium-telluride.
Bird drone with solar panels

12. Applications
Military Non-military
• Bomb squads
• Land mine search
• Follow and track down
terrorist
• Targeted assassination
• Spying
• Airborne drones are very suitable for
climate science monitoring
• Airborne drones can be very helpful in
agriculture.
• The aids in tsunami, earth quake
areas.
• In archeological sector.
• Flying drones are suitable for
monitoring in the industrial sector

13. Future
• Farming • Archeological survey• Humanitarian purpose
• Expanding internet access• Deliver food and gadgets • Photography

14. Conclusion
Drone
Parts and advancements
How controls are done?
Precautions that we take
Applications
Future predictions