Drone Technologies detailed syllabus for Industrial Engineering & Management (IEM) for 2021 regulation curriculum has been taken from the Anna Universities official website and presented for the IEM students. For course code, course name, number of credits for a course and other scheme related information, do visit full semester subjects post given below.
For Industrial Engineering & Management 6th Sem scheme and its subjects, do visit IEM 6th Sem 2021 regulation scheme. For Professional Elective-V scheme and its subjects refer to IEM Professional Elective-V syllabus scheme. The detailed syllabus of drone technologies is as follows.
Course Objectives:
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Unit I
INTRODUCTION TO DRONE TECHNOLOGY 9
Drone Concept – Vocabulary Terminology- History of drone – Types of current generation of drones based on their method of propulsion- Drone technology impact on the businesses-Drone business through entrepreneurship- Opportunities/applications for entrepreneurship and employability
Unit II
DRONE DESIGN, FABRICATION AND PROGRAMMING 9
Classifications of the UAV -Overview of the main drone parts- Technical characteristics of the parts -Function of the component parts -Assembling a drone- The energy sources- Level of autonomy- Drones configurations -The methods of programming drone- Download program -Install program on computer- Running Programs- Multi rotor stabilization- Flight modes -Wi-Fi connection.
Unit III
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Unit IV
DRONE COMMERCIAL APPLICATIONS 9
Choosing a drone based on the application -Drones in the insurance sector- Drones in delivering mail, parcels and other cargo- Drones in agriculture- Drones in inspection of transmission lines and power distribution -Drones in filming and panoramic picturing
Unit V
FUTURE DRONES AND SAFETY 9
The safety risks- Guidelines to fly safely -Specific aviation regulation and standardizationDrone license- Miniaturization of drones- Increasing autonomy of drones -The use of drones in swarms
Course Outcomes:
Upon successful completion of the course, students should be able to:
- Know about a various type of drone technology, drone fabrication and programming.
- Execute the suitable operating procedures for functioning a drone
- Select appropriate sensors and actuators for Drones
- Develop a drone mechanism for specific applications
- Createthe programs for various drones
Text Books:
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Reference Books:
- John Baichtal, “Building Your Own Drones: A Beginners’ Guide to Drones, UAVs, and ROVs”, Que Publishing, 2016
- Zavrsnik, “Drones and Unmanned Aerial Systems: Legal and Social Implications for Security and Surveillance”, Springer, 2018.
For detailed syllabus of all the other subjects of Industrial Engineering & Management 6th Sem, visit IEM 6th Sem subject syllabuses for 2021 regulation.
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