Global Solution: Infrared Drone 6000

Wildfires are one of the biggest global concerns from their immense damage to our planet. Our invention, the Infrared Drone 6000, can be used to tackle this issue with its artificial intelligence!

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Inspiration

The inspiration behind our invention is the recent wildfires that have been occurring. Specifically, the ones in Australia and California, US. Past wildfires have killed billions of animals, thousands of people, and destroyed millions of homes and acres of property.

What it does

Our infrared drone will use artificial intelligence, machine learning, and CNN with the aid of multiple infrared sensors. Specifically, the drone will be able to use visual imaging through a camera attached to the drone which can assist in the detection and collect visual data regarding the fire, then transfer the data back to the responders. Other features include thermal detection which can locate lost people, determine the smoulder heat through the trees, find areas of high temperatures, find coordinates of designated fire, and programmed pairing with handheld devices as a way to transfer information to and from the drone.

How we built it

Our drone's design was inspired by the MQ-9 reaper (military drone). Our drone is 22 feet long, 4 feet high, and has a wingspan of 38 feet. It has a pointed tip at the front, and a 3 bladed propeller at the end of the drone's body. The main wings extends out at an angle away from the front on the sides. The back wings also extend out but then bend upwards at an angle. There is a propeller attached to the bottom of each main wing to assist in the drone's movement. Most importantly, there is a camera embedded at the bottom of our drone to monitor large areas. This camera can also switch into night-vision mode when the sun sets, and switch back when the sun rises.

Challenges we ran into

At first, we weren't sure how our drone would travel through strong wind currents, but with our aerodynamic structure and our heavy use of propellers, our drone will certainly be able to handle itself and gain wind resistance.

Accomplishments that we're proud of

What we're proud of is implementing technology to our project with minimal coding knowledge. We used our knowledge with physics to create an aerodynamic design for our drone's structure, and our knowledge with chemistry to figure out uses with infrared light.

What we learned

From this experience our team was able to connect technological solutions to the current environmental issues that are prevalent today. Although we were not able to complete the coding aspect of this project, we were able to learn how to utilize other softwares to provide a visual aid for our project. Overall, this experience has allowed us to understand that the use of coding can assist us to develop tools in order to solve current problems.

What's next for Global Solution: Infrared Drone

Our next step is to expand the use of our drones towards other global issues. An advancement in our project would be to program our drone to detect other natural disasters like hurricanes and tsunamis. Our main goal is to protect our environment and everyone living in it.

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