There was a terrible downfall in mid-May 2016 in Sri Lanka. Many of the lowlands were innundated causing a serious threat to livelihoods. It was one of the first deployments of our drones for disaster management. Ceymapper drone which was equipped with a high-resolution camera…
In June 2016, there was continuous rain for weeks and one mountain got weakened its sides where people had well-established farming going on. With the mudslide that took place at night, more than 100 people lost their lives. Our team was there to map the…
A fully autonomous hexacopter with autonomous package delivery capability. Package Delivery Drone of the University of Moratuwa
A Fully autonomous spraying drone that can lift 5 ltrs of fertilizer and spray evenly over a crop field. It has the capability of using a NDVI map and control spraying rate according to the need of the plants.
A easy to use quad-rotor drone for aerial surveying. It carries an Emlid RTK GPS sensor and canon IXUS185 camera. It is fully autonomous and flies nearly 40 minutes.
Hornet looks yet another standard copter-wing hybrid drone. But this drone will be flown by a set of novel control transition algorithms designed to minimize energy consumption during flight transition between copter mode and fixed-wing mode while maintaining flying qualities. Energy optimization helps prolong flight…
Scaled up from its predecessor Hornet X2 has got a 22cc engine and advanced wings. It has become bigger and heavier as well Quad-Plane Hybrid VTOL Drone of the University of Moratuwa Hornet X was scaled up to 5.5kg from its predecessor Hornet 1.0. It…
A 7.5 kg traditional winged drone, which was the first such drone developed by the team in 2014. RAVAN is fully autonomous, flies nearly 20 minutes at 75 kmph. Robotic Aerial Vehicle with Autonomous Navigation drone Stablity and Control Test Autopilot Test
Scaled up and evolved from RAVAN, RAVAN X has got a 30cc engine. It is bigger, and heavy (12 kg), and is expected to fly nearly 2.5 hrs carrying a 1.5 kg payload.
Battery-powered 5.5kg Hawk 1.0 is a relatively high-speed drone cruising over 100kmph. It was designed with a sleek wing shape, a fuselage with reduces drag and an inverted V-tail for better looks. The drone was subjected to a series of flight tests while improving flying…