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Posted by Nathan Rae on February 9, 2012 at 2:23am

Over at Pigeon Post Systems were are in the process of setting up an open standards platform for a fully automated package delivery system.

Check out www.pigeonpost.co for more details but the question I'm asking here is:

Any existing UAV projects or systems used to deliver physical packages?

(I know about the uav tower building project but as that was a closed internal system it's not really what I'm looking for.)

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Euan Ramsay January 6, 2016 at 12:41am

We have just finished the latest version of our ProDropper system. 4-8S input, 12V DC output (for search light), UAVCAN and PWM control options. Achieved 40kg on the bench.

Side by side with Andreas' standard EPM. Ours is on the left.
Eric Kubicka September 2, 2014 at 10:17pm

I am curious as to what the litigation will look like for accidents. This to me is the biggest issue (not the tech)
Stuart Norton July 25, 2014 at 8:54am

Hi there,

I've been working through an algorithm for accurate ultrasonic autolanding. I've published it here:

Download PDF

The next step would be a PCB which interfaces to the Pixhawk through a SPI or similiar, some firmware, and some additional code in the Pixhawk system.

The cost of the landing pad would be very low as most of the electronics is in the quadcopter, so I hope it would be suitable for Pigeon Post, Matternet, Flying Donkey, etc.

Regards, Stuart
Edward Strickland November 21, 2012 at 8:30am

have a look at our OpenRelief project based out of UK and Japan. We are building a number of payload carrying Drones.

Ed
Aaron Curtis September 19, 2012 at 9:49pm

Hey, I'm working on getting mine to deliver burritos! Check out my winch:

http://youtu.be/wGwa2DG2Cs0
Dronez July 22, 2012 at 12:20pm

is this legal? I thought commercial UAS uses were illegal