Modifying UAV Payload Capacity

修改无人机有效载荷容量

• 批准号: 561339-2020
• 负责人: McInnis, Jamie
• 金额: $ 1.82万
• 依托单位: Southern Alberta Institute of Technology
• 依托单位国家: 加拿大
• 项目类别: Applied Research and Development Grants - Level 1
• 财政年份: 2021
• 资助国家: 加拿大
• 起止时间: 2021-01-01 至 2022-12-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nserc-crsng.gc.ca/ase-oro/Details-Detailles_eng.asp?id=724004
• 关键词: Modifying; UAV; Payload; Capacity

A niche in designing and producing unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) for last-mile delivery services has beenidentified by Aurora Aerial Inc. By collaborating with faculty and technical experts in SAIT's Centre forInnovation and Research into Unmanned Systems (CIRUS), this project will modify the Thunderbird UAV tomeet a standard of safety and ease-of-use, and enhance the mechanisms to dispense specific food parcels whileretaining others for alternate location delivery, or dispense a full payload comprised of various item sizes. Thistechnology is contactless, (valuable during the COVID-19 pandemic) and can be applied to fulfill therequirements of last-mile delivery for other products. With the addition of fixed landing gear, safe take-off andlanding capabilities, and wireless charging, food delivery can become a reality in Canadian cities. This deliveryplatform can also benefit other industries attempting to resolve technical obstacles in the last-mile challenge.

Aurora Aerial Inc. 已经确定了设计和生产用于最后一英里送货服务的无人机 (UAV) 的利基市场。通过与 SAIT 无人系统创新与研究中心 (CIRUS) 的教师和技术专家合作，该项目将修改Thunderbird 无人机将满足安全性和易用性标准，并增强分发特定食品包裹的机制，同时保留其他食品包裹进行替代地点递送，或分发由以下组成的完整有效载荷：各种物品尺寸。该技术是非接触式的（在 COVID-19 大流行期间很有价值），可用于满足其他产品的最后一英里交付的要求。通过增加固定起落架、安全起飞和着陆功能以及无线充电，食品配送可以在加拿大城市成为现实。该交付平台还可以使其他试图解决最后一英里挑战中的技术障碍的行业受益。