May 7, 2025

EcoDrone: Autonomous Environmental Monitoring

An autonomous quadcopter drone platform designed to monitor and record environmental conditions, addressing the limitations of stationary sensors and manual data collection. It can navigate challenging terrain such as wildfire zones, dense forests, or mountainous areas to collect real-time data on temperature, humidity, atmospheric pressure, and CO2 concentration. By integrating standard consumer components and open-source software, EcoDrone demonstrates the feasibility of a low-cost, flexible, and efficient solution for real-time environmental monitoring.

Annotated view of EcoDrone's onboard systems. Annotated view of EcoDrone's onboard systems.
Poster publication in the Chapman University Digital Commons
GitHub repository

Poster

EcoDrone project poster The poster summarizing the project presented at the Spring 2025 Chapman University Student Scholar Symposium. (Click to enlarge)