Altitude Angel

(Introduced by Lee Stott at Microsoft)

Client: Chris Forster <chris@altitudeangel.com>

Drone Safety

When drones fly beyond direct human control, they must plan routes that meet operating and safety criteria. For example, a delivery drone needs to make a number of visits within time constraints, while public safety and policing may require repeated surveys of a specific area. Different drones have different capabilities; some can hover, others cannot, while others require more regular charging. Routing drone traffic safely is also challenging: avoiding airspace restrictions, manned aviation and ground hazards, like crowded roads and pedestrian areas. Your goal is to create a cloud-based air traffic control system that registers flight plans, modifies them in response to hazards based on safety data maintained by Altitude Angel, and makes route alterations in real-time to avoid other drones, as well as gatherings of people identified automatically from real-time Cambridge ground data including WiFi network registrations and public transport locations.