Case study 03

GPS-Denied Autonomous UAV

Active capstone—systems design in progress

Indoor autonomy capstone combining non-GPS positioning, local planning, obstacle detection, and staged test gates before any flight claims.

Quadcopter prototype with companion computer and depth camera on a lab bench

Scope: Autonomy, controls, estimation
Role: Systems planning and verification
Status: Active capstone—systems design in progress

Problem

What needed solving

Demonstrate credible indoor UAV autonomy without relying on GPS, while keeping safety, sensing limits, and verification visible.

Approach

How the work is framed

Document requirements, architecture, estimator choices, obstacle detection, local planning, and staged test gates before flight claims.

Result

Current public outcome

Capstone evidence is still being assembled. I will publish only measured test results, logs, and sanitised design decisions.

Evidence status

What still needs proof

Planning material exists; flight and verification results are pending.

Content gate

Evidence interview required

Replace this panel with verified measurements, your individual contribution, test evidence, failures, revisions, and public-safe images before publishing.