Seed Eco-Home Drones

These are the types of drones that OSE is interested in developing and using.

General Features

• Switching between mission planned and human controlled operation
• Various sensors of all kinds
• Open source hardware base throughout, culminating with microprocessor fabrication
• Open source motors
• Open source low cost controllers
• Plastic 3D printed circuit boards, potted for mil spec
• Generally mil spec for lifetime design aspects
• Parts interchangeable between all media (aerial, terrestrial, aquatic, space etc) - ie, a product ecosystem
• Construction set approach with WAAM for heavy machine parts
• Induction furnace for WAAM-purposed wire drawing and aluminum motor winding wire drawing
• Complete stackability in all media, with Freeloader Range Extension and aerial rechargin
• Aerial recharging
• Charcoal Combine for infinite range extension for high power
• Both fueled and solar power options

Aerial

• Topo maps - completely automated toolchain for getting topographic maps of a land parcel.
• CSA food delivery - automated food delivery for subscription CSAs run from Seed Eco-Homes or from larger farms.
• Surveying - aerial photographs of the property
• Photogrammetry - actual elevation surveying for land elevation
• Tree cover and plant growth - NVDI imaging
• Augmented vision for construction -
• Internet range extension in the form of flying repeaters. Long distance LAN networking with self-landing, self-charging operation
• Fixed wing, tailsitter, VTOL fixed wing, copter versions
• Terrestrial drone aerial drone carrier - for range extension, charging on Slow Solar Operation

Features

• Solar powered charging
• Solar in-flight charging - rollout flexible PV panel
• Automated landing pad with automated charging
• Swarming - around a master drone, each drone repeats same action as master drone, programmable for specific distance between drones

Terrestrial

• Automated grading bulldozers
• Slow solar or regular CSA delivery, remote controlled or mission planned.
• Remote control and mission planned tractors for earthworks
• Automated pond digger
• Mission planned posthole digger
• Geofenced mowing robots
• Remote control forestry vehicles
• Automated brick delivery robots for CEB construction - carrying bricks for wall laying
• RTK GPS precision backhoe for digging square holes, trenches, and precision earthworks
• SSO delivery drones

Features

• Geofencing
• Swarming - communicating between units to divide up a task or to multiplex the same task
• Accurate RTK GPS positioning for elevation for keyline plowing and swaling
• Object detection
• Remote Vision and CV AI

Marine

• Solar powered autonomous-capable container ships

Space

• Satellites and satellite constellations for surveying, imaging, and internet delivery

Hybrid

• Superamphibian - amphibious submarine drones which can move on land, under water, swim under water, or ride on top of the water
• Water-landing aerial drones
• Water-based drone carrier for aerial drones - seek and rescue missions

Features

• RFID-locating or tag-locating swarming of aerial drones on a drone carrier