DRT 473 · 3(2-3-5) · Year/term 4/1

Indoor Autonomous Drone

โดรนอัตโนมัติภายในอาคาร

Progress
Notional hours: 150 h (online/self-study 75 · in class/lab 75)

Course description

Challenges of indoor and GNSS-denied flight; indoor positioning systems; visual-inertial navigation and optical flow; obstacle detection and avoidance; autonomous indoor mission planning; safety measures in enclosed spaces.

Thai description

ความท้าทายของการบินภายในอาคารและพื้นที่ที่ไม่มีสัญญาณ GNSS ระบบระบุตำแหน่งภายในอาคาร การนำทางด้วยภาพและเซนเซอร์เฉื่อย optical flow การตรวจจับและหลบหลีกสิ่งกีดขวาง การวางแผนภารกิจอัตโนมัติภายในอาคาร และมาตรการความปลอดภัยในพื้นที่ปิด

Description source: New draft for the curriculum committee

Course learning outcomes (CLO)

CLOOutcomePLO
CLO1Explain challenges of indoor flightPLO1PLO3
CLO2Configure GNSS-free navigationPLO2
CLO3Perform safe indoor autonomous missionsPLO3

Learning modules

1Indoor flight
Weeks 1–3 · 30 h
2 KU

Online (before class) · 15 h

Study the assigned knowledge units in advance, review media and take the module quiz

In class / field · 15 h

Lab or field practice from worksheets with a safety checklist

Learning evidence: Checked worksheets and quiz results

2Indoor positioning
Weeks 4–6 · 30 h
1 KU

Online (before class) · 15 h

Study the assigned knowledge units in advance, review media and take the module quiz

In class / field · 15 h

Lab or field practice from worksheets with a safety checklist

Learning evidence: Checked worksheets and quiz results

3VIO and optical flow
Weeks 7–9 · 30 h
1 KU

Online (before class) · 15 h

Study the assigned knowledge units in advance, review media and take the module quiz

In class / field · 15 h

Lab or field practice from worksheets with a safety checklist

Learning evidence: Checked worksheets and quiz results

4Obstacle avoidance
Weeks 10–12 · 30 h
2 KU

Online (before class) · 15 h

Study the assigned knowledge units in advance, review media and take the module quiz

In class / field · 15 h

Lab or field practice from worksheets with a safety checklist

Learning evidence: Checked worksheets and quiz results

5Indoor missions and safety
Weeks 13–15 · 30 h
1 KU

Online (before class) · 15 h

Study the assigned knowledge units in advance, review media and take the module quiz

In class / field · 15 h

Lab or field practice from worksheets with a safety checklist

Learning evidence: Checked worksheets and quiz results

Assessment (draft)

Labs and worksheets35%
Module quizzes10%
Midterm examination20%
Mini-project or practical exam35%

Knowledge domain

Key references

  1. Siegwart, R., Nourbakhsh, I. R., & Scaramuzza, D. (2011). Introduction to autonomous mobile robots (2nd ed.). MIT Press.
  2. PX4 Autopilot. PX4 user and developer guide. link