Small Quadcopter Drones as Educational Tools in Agriculture at the University of Queensland

Bryceson, Kim P.; Borrero, Armando Navas; Camilleri, Chris; Vasuian, Fabian

doi:10.21125/edulearn.2016.0767

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“…During the design process of the UAV, we went through many phases as depicted in Fig. 2 [11]; starting from the conceptual design, passing by learning safety issues, soldering, and flying, and ending with the testing and final design report.…”

Section: Uavmentioning

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The design of a rotary-wing unmanned aerial vehicles–payload drop mechanism for fire-fighting services using fire-extinguishing balls

2019

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This study aims to encourage the idea of utilizing unmanned aerial vehicles in the fire-fighting application. In this paper, we present a remote-controlled rotary-wing unmanned aerial vehicle made from metal alloys. This unmanned aerial vehicle, using a payload drop mechanism, can carry fire-extinguishing balls and release them to combat fires, especially in places not easily accessible by humans. The payload drop mechanism is a novel design that has an advantage of dropping two (maximum four) fire-extinguishing balls one at a time using one servo motor. Hence, the servo motor is controlled by one radio channel of the remote controller. Besides, comparing it to our (mechanism A) first designed mechanism, this payload drop mechanism shows smaller horizontal area for fitting most of the drones as well as less effect of vibrations during flight. The whole system is designed using Solidworks platform and manufactured with computer numerical control machining and three-dimensional printing. Thus, the potential use of unmanned aerial vehicles to carry out fire-fighting operations using the proposed payload drop mechanism is successfully examined.

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The design of a rotary-wing unmanned aerial vehicles–payload drop mechanism for fire-fighting services using fire-extinguishing balls

2019

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“…A number of these drone design and build projects and resultant student engagement, are described in Bryceson et al (2016b). The UQMiniAg drone (Figure 2) is the most recent addition to the UQGatton drone 'fleet' and has been designed as an aggregate from the collective experience on drone development from research applications.…”

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Disruptive Technologies supporting Agricultural Education

Bryceson

2019

5th International Conference on Higher Education Advances (HEAd'19)

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This paper looks at a number of different technologies that are being used currently in agricultural education at the University of Queensland (UQ), Australia through the lens of ‘disruption’ as a positive force. The paper will describe a number of tools and systems that have been developed, tested and implemented to engage students and provide an interesting, educative interactive experience at UQ. These tools include Internet of Things multisensory mesh networks and associated Data Dashboard developments for biophysical monitoring, Drone technology design and build for agricultural management and Augmented Reality simulations. These tools have all added engagement of, and value to, students.

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A systematic review of Drone integrated STEM education at secondary schools (2005–2023): Trends, pedagogies, and learning outcomes

Yeung,

Sun

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Computers & Education

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Small Quadcopter Drones as Educational Tools in Agriculture at the University of Queensland

Cited by 4 publications

References 7 publications

The design of a rotary-wing unmanned aerial vehicles–payload drop mechanism for fire-fighting services using fire-extinguishing balls

The design of a rotary-wing unmanned aerial vehicles–payload drop mechanism for fire-fighting services using fire-extinguishing balls

Disruptive Technologies supporting Agricultural Education

A systematic review of Drone integrated STEM education at secondary schools (2005–2023): Trends, pedagogies, and learning outcomes

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