Autonomous CUAS Turret: camera-guided counter-drone interception.
Autonomy
An air rifle on a powered mount that rotates horizontally and vertically. A camera detects a drone against the background and tracks it across frames to measure its speed and heading.
The projectile takes time to reach the target, loses speed to air resistance, and drops over that distance. The computer calculates where the drone will be when the shot arrives and aims at that point, correcting for muzzle velocity, air resistance, and crosswind.
The motors drive the mount to the aim point and hold it. The operator fires from a position away from the air gun.
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