TouchDown: Autonomous Slung Load Delivery System

Abstract

Major Goals: We aimed to examine commercialization of the Slung Load Amplification Detector technology, through the NSF's Customer Discovery Process. Accomplishments: 1. Our Team TOUCHDOWN completed the NSF Customer Discovery BootCamp process. 2. We conducted over 200 interviews in the specified period, coming in second of 10 teams in number of interviews. 3. We refined the Value Proposition of the technology, from Speed to Precision. 4. We progressed towards the Minimum Viable Products along two aspects: One is the software for predicting and controlling the oscillations of a slung load. The other is a modular Quad-Quad rotor prototype as a flexible approach to delivery of a range of payloads.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Nov 25, 2019
Accession Number
AD1112834

Entities

People

  • Dhwanil Shukla
  • Narayanan Komerath

Organizations

  • Georgia Tech Research Corporation

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • Autonomy
  • Biomedical
  • Human Systems
  • Space

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Accuracy
  • Basic Training
  • Corporations
  • Detectors
  • Emergencies
  • Engineering
  • Engineers
  • First Responders
  • Flight Simulators
  • Fluid Dynamics
  • Governments
  • Instructors
  • Mechanical Engineering
  • Military Research
  • Prototypes
  • Reliability
  • Simulations
  • Simulators
  • Students
  • Tanker Aircraft
  • Wind Tunnels

Readers

  • Aerospace Engineering
  • Organizational Process Management (OPM).
  • Research Science/Academic Research