Project
| # | Title | Team Members | TA | Documents | Sponsor |
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| 11 | Big Box, Small Package -- Secure Drone Delivery |
Christian Fernandez Phillip Jedralski Timothy Wong |
Xihang Wu | design_document1.pdf final_paper1.pdf other1.pdf proposal1.pdf |
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| **Project Proposal** Net IDs: pjedra2, timothy7, cdf2 **Mission Statement** To make a safe and secure receptacle for drone related lightweight deliveries for personal/commercial use. The idea behind this design is to incorporate drones for short distant, lightweight deliveries, minimizing the need for more deliveries for small items. This saves time by bypassing transportation by roads and delivering directly to the customer. The receptacle is necessary as the receiving bay for personal or apartment use, as it is a secure way for ensuring that the small packages are not stolen. Once the item/s have been delivered, the receptacle will communicate with the app, letting the user know their package is safe, and can be accessed at any time, ensuring that it will still be there. **Title** Big Box, Small Package -- Secure Drone Delivery **Problem** Many things people order online or have delivered these days are small and lightweight. No one likes to wait a couple days or weeks for an order, and perhaps have their package stolen in the process. Having to wait again for a new delivery, especially something small can be quite frustrating and unnecessary. More recently, the FAA relaxed rules on unmanned aircraft operation near the beginning of this year that allows for drones < 25 kg to fly over people at night without waiver opening many doors into commercial drone delivery services. This facilitates the need for a secure mechanism for which drone services can deliver packages into. **Solution Overview** The secure delivery dropbox offers a secure receptacle for drones to deliver packages, with a system for detecting drone arrival, and security measures for opening and closing the lockbox. The dropbox also communicates through a web application for monitoring box activity. **Components/Core Features** Microcontroller - (AtMega) on PCB - Control Unit Physical Construction - Receptacle/Box - Secure container for housing the package Door to Box -- motor controlled // Door for user retrieval Drone Stand, let drone rest. Transmitter/Receiver - Communication with Drone through Bluetooth? - RF module with Atmega? Website/App capabilities -- Communication with users. - Raspberry Pi that communicates over wireless network to notify users that package has arrived - Interfaces with microcontroller to detect arrival of drone, successful delivery of package **Criterion for Success** Successful communication to the receiver for the drone that the package has successfully landed. Receptacle recognizes the package and receives it. User is notified that the package has arrived. |
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