Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) for Parcel Delivery
Neha Gupta, Rosey Chauhan, Shikha Chadha · International Journal of Engineering Research and Technology · 2020
Air Drones, Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAV), autonomous or tele-operated flying machines are the aircrafts that doesn't require a human onboard for controlling it.They can be managed manually by a remote wireless operator or automatically using the software.Our purpose in this paper is to present the use of drones for parcels and small packages delivery that can be used commercially or in emergency situations.A drone that is capable of lifting weights up to 1 -1.5 kg, an autonomous system that would control the drone completely using the Raspberry Pi a microprocessor that will connect the drone to the control system and will control the drone throughout the process.A Global Positioning System (GPS) that helps the drone to reach its destination and return to the base station.This paper presents how drones would be helpful in delivering small packages helping ecommerce expand their business, and also can used to deliver in emergency situations like deliveries of blood, medicinal goods and many other items that a person or professional can use in emergency, which takes lot of time currently for a person to deliver by hand.