Established the Intelligent Drone Laboratory, the first indoor flight facility at Federation University that was later featured on 7News and Federation University, from concept to fully operational testing and validation infrastructure. Built Brotor, a quadrotor research platform.
Intelligent Drone Laboratory
The first and only indoor flight facility at Federation University, established from scratch to support testing and validation of autonomous aerial systems.
Brotor, an experimental quadrotor platform for research
Named by combining “Bro” (from Brother) and “tor” (from quadrotor), Brotor represents more than just a research platform, it’s a companion in my robotics journey. Built entirely from scratch as a custom solution rather than using commercial platforms, enabling quick iterations and modifications during research in real-time trajectory planning for cluttered environments.
Brotor 330 - Successor for swarming research
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