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Abstract
Designing an efficient and performant UAV is a multidisciplinary undertaking, requiring codes, solvers, & expertise from a wide range of domains. Unfortunately it is quite rare to find tightly integrated tool chains and current trade-off decisions are strongly biased towards short-term performance criteria as opposed to long term cost and environmental impact. The DECODE project at the University of Southampton aims to change this by integrating early concept design exploration with full resolution, geometry backed, design analysis, detailed manufacturing and operations models. The goal is to have a fully automated end-2-end UAV design system that can be used to rapidly design custom built UAVs that can be quickly and cheaply manufactured using techniques like 3D printing. Our main case study is the use of UAVs for search and rescue but we are also working on other use cases with the BBC and Met Office. Our work has recently been covered by the New Scientist when we flew the worlds first printed aircraft.
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