Autonomous Payload Delivery using Hybrid VTOL UAVs for Community Emergency Response

The rapidly growing market for unmanned aerial vehicles and the increasing demand for targeted payload delivery for various applications is paving the way for the development of fast, efficient cost effective systems for payload delivery using unmanned aerial vehicles. This offers enormous potential to use unmanned aerial vehicles for efficient emergency response and during disasters to supply medical aid and essential commodities to stranded communities. This paper presents the design, development and flight testing of a hybrid vertical takeoff and landing unmanned aerial vehicles for targeted payload delivery to service local communities during emergencies. A hybrid quadrotor fixed-wing configuration, also known as a quad-plane has been described herein. The quad-plane has been designed for a short range mission profile and was tested in real environments for various flight parameters and mission path accuracy.