Human-Centered Drone Design for Medical Supply Delivery

Abstract

Drone, due to their flexible applications to facilitate human life,is currently used at great demand. They perform tasks repetitively atreasonable cost and quality levels. The main objective of thiswork is to design and develop healthcare delivery drone. The delivery drone has the potential to have the same effect on traditional transportation infrastructure. Due to poor transportation infrastructure, or roadsblocked by severe weather, disasters or traffic congestion, the delivery of small items like medicines, blood and vaccines or otherhealthcare items that is needed in locations with difficultaccess becomes critical in healthcare. To overcomethis problem,autonomous drone isdesign for therapid delivery of medicines at placesrequired. The delivery drone withanardupilot isbuilt through both manualandautopilot mode which drivesthe drone to the position necessary. It can supply up to 2 kg of medicine with flight time of 7 min.

Introduction

Drones, or unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), are capable of vertical take-off and landing and typically have four rotors made of lightweight composite materials to enhance maneuverability. Equipped with advanced technologies such as infrared cameras, GPS, and lasers, drones are remotely controlled via ground stations. Their types include fixed-wing and rotary-wing models, each suited to different applications.

Recent advances in hardware, software, and networking have made drones more affordable and efficient, allowing control via smartphones or tablets and optimized navigation using weather data. One important application is delivering medicines, blood, and vaccines to hard-to-reach rural areas, addressing challenges like delayed delivery, difficult terrain, and blocked roads, which currently cause life-threatening delays in healthcare.

The drone project uses an acrylic frame, high-quality brushless DC motors, electrical speed controllers (ESCs), and lithium polymer (Li-Po) batteries for power and flight stability. The APM 2.8 controller board enables autonomous flight with GPS navigation and path planning. Radio transmitters operating at 2.4 GHz allow remote control, and GPS modules enable precise location tracking and automated return-home functions.

The drone is designed and modeled using SolidWorks software, with components assembled to allow stable flight carrying a medical payload up to 2 kg, at altitudes of around 50 meters and GPS range of 1–2 km. Flight tests confirm stable operation, making it a promising solution for rapid medical supply delivery.

Conclusion

Health care drone is design and developed with implementation of navigation system to deliver the health care items. It has high stability because of the APM Control Board. It can travel, deliver and came back to its home position autonomously by GPS locations. With an autonomous drone the healthcare items like medicines, blood are easily transported to rural areas and during high traffic areas that reduces the time taken for the delivery.

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