Stephan Broek Undergraduate Dissertation 2014/15

Development of a Mission Planning Tool for Quadcopter UAVs

Supervised by J.Marshall

Abstract

Quadcopters are more available than ever for things like filming and data gathering. The possibility of using them is mainly hindered by the current ground control software implementation. The currently available ground control software is more a glorified radio controller than a proper ground control station. This is good if you want to fly the Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) manually, but lacks in mission planning and execution abilities.

The goal of this project is to implement a mission planning tool that will allow for flexible mission planning by non-technical users and expert users alike by using a two-sided approach which allows expert users to create tasks that non-technical people can use in combination with basic logic to create missions tailored to their needs.

While most of the technical requirements were met, the GUI interface for non-technical users to create missions did not get finished.