Rice University students develop flying platform for sophisticated sensing applications.
New hardware and software that can coordinate sensor-carrying drones may be able to assist in evaluating local atmospheric conditions, measuring electronic signals such as Wi-Fi, and mapping areas in three dimensions.
Application programming interfaces (APIs) will allow users to customize the drones to meet specific sensing requirements.
The research team, all electrical and computer engineering majors, developed the platform as a generic tool that can carry out a wide range of sensing tasks on its own.
Each drone is equipped with a Wi-Fi dongle that allows them to form a mesh network that enables communication across long distances without requiring a central access point.
News Source: http://news.rice.edu/2018/04/11/rice-u-teams-drones-arent-just-for-show/
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