Integration of a robotic capture mechanism and a quadcopter drone

The unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) industry has grown rapidly in recent years. Drones have attracted much attention in recent years due to their ability to be used in hostile environments that are hazardous to humans. They have contributed significantly to avalanche and fire relief, as well as the search for survivors of earthquakes. Due to their increasing use, there has been a trend to build and manufacture drones to carry out planetary exploration. Drone technology has enormous potential to support a number of successful space mission solutions. In the air, some types of activities can be accomplished in less time than traditional timelines over land. Consider transporting scientific samples between two points to appreciate the enormous benefits of solar system discovery. To be used in extraterrestrial environments, UAVs must account for all atmospheric problems such as density, air column movements, chemical composition, temperature, and so on. When referring to Mars, the atmospheric density is approximately 60 times less than that of Earth so the UAVs with much larger wingspans are needed to generate enough lift to fly. The next section of this paper will analyze the advantages and disadvantages of two different planets of growing interest. Mars and Venus are these planets. The objective of this thesis is to test a docking system through a quadcopter in preparation for future extraterrestrial deployments. The drone must be capable of transporting a payload between two predetermined points using a gripper. The quadcopter gripping system was designed through Solidworks and built through a 3D printer. A prototype of the entire system was fabricated and the docking system was tested in a real-world environment. Matlab was used for the post-processing of the sensors fixed in the gripper.