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Drones: Myths, Facts, Hacks
and the Future
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Drones: Myths, Facts, Hacks, and the Future
Todd Humphreys | Aerospace Engineering
The University of Texas at Austin
Nov. 21, 2014
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Drones are Here!Our lives will never be the same!
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Drones are Here!Our lives will never be the same!
What are drones?
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Commercialized in 1991
Twice the energy density and smaller than NiCd or NiMH
Lithium Ion Batteries
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Lithium Ion Batteries
Ralph Brodd
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John Goodenough, UT Austin2014 Draper Prize
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Small, Low-Cost, High-Performance Computation
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UTC Hours
Met
ers
Erro
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4:00 AMMay 2, 2000
GPS “Selective Availability” Switched Off
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Low-Cost, High-ResolutionDigital Cameras
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Drone
Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV)
Remotely Piloted Aircraft
Unmanned Aerial System (UAS)
Autonomous Aircraft
Aeronaves pilotadas por control remoto
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Is it legal to fly a drone?
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“An aircraft is any device used for flight in the air. This definition includes any
aircraft, large or small. The prohibition on careless and reckless operation in 91.13(a) applies with respect to any
aircraft other than [kites and balloons].”
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My advice: 1. Don’t fly near airports2. Stay under 400 feet3. Don’t fly for hire4. No close-up pictures of people without consent5. Don’t scare people
The Rub: The FAA considers flying an aircraft below 500 feet reckless (except at takeoff and landing)
But ...FAA guidance on model aircraft: “Don’t fly above 400 feet.”So ... federal regulations on drones
are currently both absurd and inconsistentTexas Law (HB 912): Need neighbor’s consent to capture
image by drone of him on his property
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What would I do with a drone?
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Can drones be hacked?
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Missing CIA RQ-170 Sentinel Stealth Drone
December 4, 2011
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Wesson and Humphreys, Scientific American, Nov. 2013
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Easier to Crash than to Control
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Photo: Daimler
Illustration: John MacNeillBooker, “Mutual interference of mm-wave radar systems.” (2007)
Is automotive radar, a key technology for self-driving cars, also hackable?
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Do drones like to play sports?
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radionavlab.ae.utexas.edu
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Dr. Todd Humphreys
Todd Humphreys directs the RadionavigationLaboratory at UT Austin, where advanced radionavigation technology is being developed, and novel ways to exploit and protect radionavigationsystems such as GPS are being explored.
Dr. Humphreys has Ph.D. from Cornell University. He received the UT Regents' Outstanding Teaching Award in 2012, the NSF CAREER Award in 2015, and the Institute of Navigation Thurlow Award in 2015. Dr. Humphreys joined the faculty of the Cockrell School of Engineering in Fall 2009.