PLan-e (For everday) - Drone design and Delivery

Final CAD for Our Delivery Drone

The following slides detail a quarterlong project to ideate, refine, design, and test a specific drone delivery mission, from user need to airfoil and drop mechanism design.

Plan-E Outdoor Demo

A video of our final drone with the delivery mechanism attached completing one autonomous delivery (including takeoff and landing).

Final project for aerial robot design

Description: Empowering birth control users through regularly scheduled monthly pill delivery, reducing emissions through optimized multi-stop routes via aerial robot, by four students, in seven weeks. Autonomous one-way flight with 10x 20g birth control packages payload on a 17-mile, 10-stop route, using the sea-breeze effect, with precision drop delivery.

Components/Processes: Airfoil Design and Analysis (XFLR), Rotor Optimization (XRotor), Drone Design (Contraprop), Benchtop Delivery Mechanism Development, Range and Efficiency Analysis and Simulation (Matlab, CFD), Drone Prototyping (Quadcopter)

Project Paper