Gatormatix has been working on their preliminary design architecture, making great strides towards a prototype goal in preparation for the Preliminary Design Review Peer review coming up next week. During the research process, the team was able to home in on some good solutions for systems they will need to design and integrate together onto the drone platform. Further research is required to understand how this integration will happen, especially depending on which hardware pieces we select.

They are committed to prototyping quickly, breaking things, and trying again, as it will provide them with a baseline platform to design and test their sensors on before next semester. This is most likely going to be the most challenging portion of their project. 3D modeling and navigation is no joke, and there are many small details such as safety and reliability of the base platform that need to be flushed out before a final design is created next semester. Back to work!