Autonomous Drone Delivery System

Inspiration

UPS and Amazon have their drone delivery program, but there is very little information on their process. So we've decided to create our own.

What it does

It can fly to the inputted GPS coordinates and deliver packages.

How we built it

We used DJI's OSDK protocol in Ubuntu Linux running on Nvidia TX2 onboard computer to send commands to the flight controller (DJI N3).

Challenges we ran into

We're not familiar with C++, however, we have experience in C# so we figured it out. We have never set up a local server using the https protocol, it took a while to get it working so that we can send the GPS coordinates to the drone via the web-based interface.

Accomplishments that we're proud of

We have figured out communication using the DJI's SDK protocol (OSDK) We have made a web-based interactive map that can be used to easily upload waypoints to the drone.

What we learned

We've learned how to work with the SDK protocol. We have improved our ability to work as a team.

What's next for Autonomous Drone Delivery System

We will be integrating a QR recognition program into the code. Allowing the drone to land autonomously with much greater precision than what is possible with GPS. We have found and fixed a program that tracks a QR code in real-time. It will be integrated with the existing program.