Final Presentation

Delivery of Birthday Gifts on Campus using Drones

because special moments deserve memorable user experience

Aerial Robot Design (Team 4)

Akshay Gupta, Joe Sunde, Quillan Smit, Sai Anurag M
Fall 2018-19
Stanford University
Mission Ideas
1. Life Saving Floaty Drone
2. Birthday Gift Delivery Drone
3. Pizza Delivery Drone
4. Package Delivery Drone

Trade off Table: Story

a) Time, Learning, mission value, X factor
b) Feasibility, test-ability, manufacturability
c) Conflict resolution

The Chosen One :

Birthday Gift Delivery Drone
Mission Motivation
1. Maslow’s hierarchy : Love/Belonging.
2. Gift from someone special : Cheerful
3. Project Icarus : Cheerful
4. Happy Social system ~ Good Economy

POS
Design a drone based delivery system that can deliver small packages within a 3 mile radius safely to
make the delivery experience special in a team of 4 in 6 weeks time
Design Thinking Iterations
Design Iteration Outcome : System Constraints

3 Mile Radius | 30 Minute Delivery | 6*6*6 in dimensions | 1Kg Payload | UX | Safety

Mid Term Iterations : Aerial Robot Design

Parameter Step 1 Step 2 Step 3 Step 4 Step 5

Payload Same Same Same 1kg-2kg,1 1.2kg

0 steps

Cruise Same Same 19 m/s 19 m/s 19 m/s

Velocity

Wingspan 1m 1m 1m 1m 1m

Propeller Same Same Same 0.23 m 0.23 m

Diameter

Hover Time Same 3 min 3 min 3 min 3 min

Aerial Robot Designs and Prototypes (Mid Term)
Aerial Robot Design and Prototyping (Midterms)
Aerial Robot Design Tradeoffs chart
1. Flying V
2. Tilt Rotors
3. Tilt Body
4. Icarus

Trade off Table: Story

a) Hover time, Factor Safety
b) Stability, Wing Size, Manufacturability
c) Cost, X Factor, Noise, UX factors

The Chosen One :

‘Icarus’
XFLR5 Simulation Results Analysis

Cm vs Alpha Cl vs alpha

1. Airfoil : NACA 23012

2. Elevator angle : -10 Degrees
3. Change the wing width : Design Iteration
X Rotor Simulation Analysis
Iterations Done

1. Airfoil Iterations : Final NACA 4412

2. Rotor Twist Angle : 0 to 8 Degrees
3. N Rotors per prop : 4
4. D Propeller : 0.23m

Design Objectives

1. Reduce P Consumption
2. Ensure noise levels are not too high
X Rotor Simulation Details
parameter change power_old Cruise Power Reason For Change

N Rotors: 2 to 3 318.3333333 310 No of rotors is an important

parameter, not much
analysis has been done
before

N Rotors: 2 to 4 318.3333333 306.6666667 Since there is improvement

in power, take one more step

Cl : .8 to .9 318.3333333 320 Cl was estimated initially, it

might be an important
parameter, hence iterate

Cl : .8 to .7 318.3333333 321.6666667 Try a different Cl value to

see if performance can be
improved

Root Tip Twist : 0 to 8 318.3333333 321.6666667 Angle of attack is different

across the radial length; a
twist might improve the
performance
Power Consumption Analysis

Power (W) Mid Term X Rotor X Rotor Optimized

Cruise 764 191 184

Hover 2365 428 391

Achievable range at 10 minute hover time = 27.4 Km

Final Critical Specifications
1. PayLoad Capacity : 1 Kg
2. Wing Span : 1m
3. Cruise Speed : 19 m/s
4. D propeller : 0.23m
5. N props per rotor : 4
6. Wing Chord : 0.33m
7. Operating Cl : 0.7
8. Average Re : 419000
9. Wing Airfoil : NACA 23012
10. Rotor Airfoil : NACA 4412
CAD
Final CAD Model

Hover Forward Flight

CAD model
CAD model
Delivery Mechanism Prototyping
Delivery Mechanism Prototyping
Delivery Mechanism Design Trade Offs
1. Magnets
2. Rope
3. Latch Door
4. Tilt Door

Trade-offs
a) Product Safety, Power Requirements
b) Complexity, Robustness
c) Cost, IX

The Chosen One :

‘Magnets’
Prototyping Delivery Mechanisms
Magnetic options
 Light and Simple mechanism ½ scale for demo

Iteration 2

Servo Mechanism

Locking via alignment of slot

Fully Assembled Mechanism
CAD
Indoor
Demo
Video
Outdoor
Demo
Video
Change the world
1. Belongingness Needs
2. Esteem Needs

“You’ve got to start with the customer

experience and work back toward the
technology - not the other way round”

Steve Jobs
Lessons Learned

● Mission Design
● Flight Optimization
● Conflict Resolution via Trade off tables
● Systems Engineering
● Prototype Iterations
THANK YOU