Designing an Autonomous Racing Drone

Abstract

In recent years drone racing using human pilots have increased in popularity. This combined with the increased usage of autonomous driving vehicles have sparked a new field of interest which is Autonomous Racing Drones competitions. This thesis explores the field of drone design and avionics with the conclusion of presenting the first Racing Drone prototype that can be used in future work made by students at UiT. The body and avionics have all been designed with the idea of making future iterations and improvements possible. The design considerations and decisions are also explored in-depth to give a reasoning behind the final result.