The Course of Studies in Aerospace Engineering is starting a new initiative called UAV Lab starting in the first semester of the Academic Year 2018-2019.
The UAV Lab is an extra-curricular course of 24 hours aimed at the following objectives:
- to introduce the students to the system-level architecture of a small-scale UAV, covering mechanical, aerodynamic, electrical, computer engineering and control aspects;
- to illustrate how a small-scale UAV is designed
- to have each group of students work on the design of a small-scale UAV based on assigned requirements
- to have the students construct and fly the designed UAVs.
The course will take place in the period September-November 2018, in the DAER Fly-ART facility.
The exact schedule is yet to be defined, a tentative organisation will involve four evening lectures (17.30-19.45) and three saturday mornings (9.30-12.30).
For the first edition of the Lab, a group of 15 students will be enrolled - instructions will follow on this web page.