Our project aims to design a system that allows for the rapid swapping of sensors onto an unmanned aerial vehicle using electromechanical interfaces that connect various sensors to the mission computer. Built on an airframe designed by last year's team, six universal, drone-side interfaces will allow for both mechanical and electrical connection to be made with ten sensor-side interfaces that are unique to each sensor. This project serves to reduce the cost and time required to test different sensor combinations early in robotics projects by providing a test bed that can support a variety of sensor types, sizes, and communication protocols.

Our team collaborated with Electrical and Computer Engineering 8 on this project.