A drone or Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) is a machine capable of flying without a pilot and instead controlled by a pilot remotely. Drones are widely used for remote sensing and military, agricultural, and industrial applications. However, drone applications in commerce, such as package delivery, have not been widely implemented. This research aims to design a drone that automatically sends packages weighing 0.5 kg to 1 kg based on the track set in the Mission Planner application. The testing process was carried out on the Indonesian Islamic University campus road, which had several obstacles, such as trees, vehicles, and buildings. Some drone testing parameters include maximum height, furthest horizontal distance, manual and auto mode stability, waypoint accuracy, emergency instructions and communications and telemetry testing. The test results confirm that the drone system meets the design specifications and produces low errors. These experiments on the quadcopter show that latitude errors are below 3% and longitude errors are below 1%. The drone can work well at two-speed variations, 5 m/s and 10 m/s, both without a load and with a load.
An Efficient Automatic Packet Delivery Using Quadcopter Drone
2024-08-07
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Conference paper
Electronic Resource
English