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Design and Flight Tests of a Drone for Delivery Service

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  • Kim, Seong-Hwan (Department of Aerospace Engineering, Chonbuk National University) ;
  • Lee, Doo-Ki (Department of Aerospace Engineering, Chonbuk National University) ;
  • Cheon, Jae-Hee (Department of Aerospace Engineering, Chonbuk National University) ;
  • Kim, Seung-Jae (Department of Aerospace Engineering, Chonbuk National University) ;
  • Yu, Kee-Ho (Department of Aerospace Engineering, Chonbuk National University)
  • 김성환 (전북대학교 항공우주공학) ;
  • 이두기 (전북대학교 항공우주공학) ;
  • 천재희 (전북대학교 항공우주공학) ;
  • 김승재 (전북대학교 항공우주공학) ;
  • 유기호 (전북대학교 항공우주공학)
  • Received : 2016.01.04
  • Accepted : 2016.02.17
  • Published : 2016.03.01
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Abstract

In this paper, an unmanned delivery service using drone was proposed and verified the feasibility. The multicopter has GPS for autopilot and a camera for remote control by human operator. The gripper for manipulation of delivery object was designed and evaluated. The multicopter flies to a given position automatically based on GPS, and approaches to the prepared delivery desk by remote control of human operator using the received image from the multicopter. GPS sensor verification and experimental PID tuning were performed to ensure the flight stability. The flight tests were carried out to verify the feasibility of delivery service.

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