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Development of a Cooperative Heterogeneous Unmanned System for Delivery Services

물류수송을 위한 이종 협업 무인 시스템 개발

  • Cho, Sungwook (Department of Aerospace Engineering, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology) ;
  • Lee, Dasol (Department of Aerospace Engineering, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology) ;
  • Jung, Yeondeuk (Flight Control and Avionics Team, Korea Aerospace Research Institute) ;
  • Lee, Unghui (Department of Aerospace Engineering, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology) ;
  • Shim, David Hyunchul (Department of Aerospace Engineering, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology)
  • 조성욱 (한국과학기술원 항공우주공학전공) ;
  • 이다솔 (한국과학기술원 항공우주공학전공) ;
  • 정연득 (한국항공우주연구원 항공제어전자팀) ;
  • 이웅희 (한국과학기술원 항공우주공학전공) ;
  • 심현철 (한국과학기술원 항공우주공학전공)
  • Received : 2014.08.30
  • Accepted : 2014.09.22
  • Published : 2014.12.01
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Abstract

In this paper, we propose a novel concept foran unmanned delivery service using a cooperative heterogeneous unmanned system consisting of a self-driving car and an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV). The proposed concept is suitable to deliver parcels in high-density and high-rise urban or residential areas. In order to achieve the proposed concept, we will develop acooperative heterogeneous unmanned system. Customers can order goods using a smartphone application and the order information, including the position of the customer and the order time, and the package is transported automatically by the unmanned systems. The system assigns the tasks suitable for each unmanned vehicle by analyzing it based on map information. Performance is validated by experiments consisting of autonomous driving and flight tests in a real environment. For more evaluation, the landing position error analysis is performed using circular error probability (CEP).

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