Michael Holland

In Lab 03, the mission planning involved three scans using the Skydio S2 drone: a 2D scan, 3D tower scan, and a 3D object scan. My lab partner and I chose a hill at the Intermural Fields at Purdue for the scans due to its open space and proximity to the airport for instant LAANC approval. We decided to scan a generator box for our 3D object scan, a light pole for our 3D tower scan, and a soccer field for our 2D mapping scan. As this was the first time my lab partner or I had completed a 3D scan, the first attempt on the generator box did not go how we were hoping, and the drone only scanned the bottom of the hill, where we set the scan floor. After researching and problem-solving, we completed a successful 3D object scan of my lab partner's car in a parking lot nearby. The data collection included potential hazards, mission plans, and roles assigned, with one person flying the mission and the other monitoring the drone and scan progress. We gathered data such as the time it took to...

 On September 6, 2023, my lab partner, Stephen Korff, and I flew a Skydio S2 drone to explore the cinematic functions available. We flew at the Purdue University Turf Farm located at 1340 Cherry Ln, West Lafayette, IN 47907. This flight was to also get used to flying the Skydio S2 drone as it was both of our first times operating on this platform. I tested out the motion track, fixed track, and orbit cinematic functions of the Skydio. My partner and I worked together and I would film him using the drone. Motion track was a function that would follow an object and film it, and it would always stay on one side of the object relative to its motion. For example, if programs the drone to follow behind the object, the drone would adjust its position to always be following the object from behind, even if it changed direction. The Fixed Track function would also follow an object as it moved but it would always stay in the same relative location to the object. For example, it could track an...