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http://dx.doi.org/10.5302/J.ICROS.2014.14.9046

Development of a Cooperative Heterogeneous Unmanned System for Delivery Services  

Cho, Sungwook (Department of Aerospace Engineering, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology)
Lee, Dasol (Department of Aerospace Engineering, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology)
Jung, Yeondeuk (Flight Control and Avionics Team, Korea Aerospace Research Institute)
Lee, Unghui (Department of Aerospace Engineering, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology)
Shim, David Hyunchul (Department of Aerospace Engineering, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology)
Publication Information
Journal of Institute of Control, Robotics and Systems / v.20, no.12, 2014 , pp. 1181-1188 More about this Journal
Abstract
In this paper, we propose a novel concept foran unmanned delivery service using a cooperative heterogeneous unmanned system consisting of a self-driving car and an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV). The proposed concept is suitable to deliver parcels in high-density and high-rise urban or residential areas. In order to achieve the proposed concept, we will develop acooperative heterogeneous unmanned system. Customers can order goods using a smartphone application and the order information, including the position of the customer and the order time, and the package is transported automatically by the unmanned systems. The system assigns the tasks suitable for each unmanned vehicle by analyzing it based on map information. Performance is validated by experiments consisting of autonomous driving and flight tests in a real environment. For more evaluation, the landing position error analysis is performed using circular error probability (CEP).
Keywords
delivery service; heterogeneous unmanned system; self-driving car; unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV);
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