Atatürk University Students Reached the Semi-Finals in the TEKNOFEST Competition with their Drone Project

8 students from ERZURUM Atatürk University reached the semi-finals of the TEKNOFEST Technology for the Benefit of Humanity Competition with the drone project they developed to support search and rescue efforts in disasters. Hüseyin Ayğan (23), one of the students who continues to work to further develop their drone named ‘Debron’ with the slogan ‘We rise to save’, said, “We wrote our own flight control software. We also printed out the drone of our own design. We are creating our circuit board design.”

Hüseyin Ayğan from Atatürk University Oltu Faculty of Applied Sciences, who experienced two major earthquakes in Van in 2011, prepared a project to support search and rescue efforts in disasters. Students from the same faculty, Beyza Konuker (22), Aleyna Korkmaz (21), İbrahim Hakkı Harmankaya (22), Seval Olgaç (21), Nuri Eray Bilgin (22), Berkay Sönmez (22) and Doğukan Yanık (22), also supported the project. gave. 8 students developed a drone named ‘Depron’ for search and rescue operations.

PLACED SECOND AMONG 300 PROJECTS

The students who came second in the competition organized by a private bank in Istanbul, where 300 projects competed, also won a prize of 30 thousand TL. Students, who used this money to develop ‘Depron’, are now preparing for TEKNOFEST. Continuing their work with the slogan ‘We rise to save’ before the semi-finals, the students are working on the circuit board design of the drone. Students are also waiting for support for the thermal camera and 3D map required for their projects.

‘WE REACHED THE SEMI-FINALS AT TEKNOFEST’

Stating that they are working on the project at Oltu Youth Center, Hüseyin Ayğan said, “We wrote our own flight control software. We also printed out the drone of our own design. We are creating our circuit card design. We started imaging. We established our website. We patented the name ‘Depron’. TEKNOFEST” “We reached the semi-finals in the Technology for the Benefit of Humanity category in 2019. We did all this work with our teammates, using our own resources,” he said.

‘WE WERE ABLE TO COME SOMEWHERE WITH OUR OWN OPPORTUNITIES’

Stating that they will detect the risk of collapse in damaged buildings with a 3D map, Ayğan said, “The injured in the debris will be detected with the thermal camera. Batteries that run out quickly will be charged with the home-type generator we specially designed. The debris that is completed after the search will be marked on the 3D map will help the teams. The missing materials will be aided.” “We are waiting for support for the supply of aircraft, because we set out to support search and rescue efforts in disasters. We have come so far with our own means. If assistance is provided in the supply of the necessary devices, the ‘Depron’ drone can be used in search and rescue operations.”