Amazon Prime Air
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Amazon's Prime Air drone is a delivery system in development that will use remote-controlled robotic vehicles to transport goods from the company's order fulfillment centers to the consumer.
- ARF (Almost Ready to Fly)
- BNF (Bind and Fly)
- DIY (Do It Yourself)
- Drone
Accelerometer
Magenetometer
Barometer
GPS
Compass
IMU
Antenna
Pitch
Flight Recorder
Gyroscope
Pitot Tube
Amazon's drones are small, unmanned octocopters -- helicopters with eight rotors -- that use GPS navigation. The drones have electric motors, which makes them more environmentally-friendly than delivery trucks.
The company says that the aircraft will deliver customer orders of five pounds or less, which includes 86 percent of all Amazon orders. Customers within a 10-mile radius of a fulfillment center should be able to expect delivery inside of 30 minutes.
Amazon launched a half an-hour delivery service called Prime Now that is currently available in Baltimore, Manhattan, and Miami.
Control Measures
(Sensors)
Technical Details
Landing Gear
Center of Gravity
“Center of Gravity“; this is the point on the aircraft where there is equal weight distributed on all sides.
Multirotor landing gear normally does not have wheels as you might find on an airplane – this is to prevent it from moving when on the ground and reduce overall weight.
G10
Tube Clamp
This is a material commonly used instead of carbon fiber to make a UAV’s frame since it is very rigid and lightweight, but significantly less expensive
A “tube clamp” is a device normally used on a round tube in order to connect it to another device
Prop Guards
Connectors
In order to plug and unplug wires, connectors are used at the ends of wires
“Propeller guards” are material which surround a propeller to prevent the propeller from contacting other objects.
Amazon Prime Air
Case Study
Q.1 When will I be able to choose Prime Air as a delivery option?
Q.2 How are you going to ensure safety?
Types
Q.3 Where are you building and testing?
Questions?
Q: What will the Prime Air delivery vehicles look like?
“Ready To Fly“: a UAV which comes fully assembled with all necessary parts. Simply charge the battery and fly!
“Bind and Fly“; the UAV comes fully assembled and includes a receiver. You only need to choose a compatible transmitter and “bind” it to the receiver.
“Do It Yourself“, which is now commonly used to mean “custom”. This normally involves using parts from a variety of different suppliers and creating or modifying parts.
This is synonymous with UAV. The term “drone” seems to be more common for military use whereas “UAV” is more common for hobby use