Drone Drop

The map feature allows users to find their local pharmacy within a given radius.
We are able to verify the user's identity with the pharmacy by securely transferring an image of their driver's license to them.
The attached parachute ensures a steady, safe, and controlled landing.
A view of our hardware platform showing our onboard electronics and the prescription attachment
The drone drop companion app seconds before the prescription bottle is dropped
A closer look at our simple yet complex Bluetooth-servo drop mechanism
A better view of the prescription bottle attached to the back of the quadcopter
The Drone Drop web application is robust and multi-platform: desktop and mobile!

Inspiration

Our product was inspired by the idea that using modern technology, we should be able to make things simpler, faster, and easier. Drone Drop does exactly that, within the market of prescription pharmaceutical delivery.

What it does

Drone Drop is a software and hardware platform that is designed to expedite prescription pick-up and drop-off using readily available off-the-shelf hardware and our own software ecosystem. Using a Python server, the drone is controlled autonomously based on the GPS location of the end-user and the client pharmacy. Once the UAV arrives at the user's destination, custom hardware drops a small lever on the drone and delivers the prescription medication.

How we built it

We built this unique and marketable platform using a Parrot A.R. Drone 2.0 Elite Edition that uses a Python control server reverse-engineered from the provided programming interface. By using the GPS data from the consumers phone, which is sent via the internet to the drone's control server, we were able to navigate the drone autonomously to a given location.

Challenges we ran into

This is easily one of those most involved projects that any of us have had the opportunity to work with. A variety of technical components come together to create a unique yet united platform for the future of drone delivery. It was difficult to interface the drone hardware with a software server, combined with real-time data from the user's smartphone that activated a real dropping mechanism.

Accomplishments that we're proud of

We successfully completed the delivery of a prescription drug to a pre-determined location using our platform.

What's next for Drone Drop

Drone Drop is designed to be implemented by any small business or family-owned pharmacy and is ready for investors to take it to the next level.

Built With

android
arduino
html
javascript
parrot-a.r.-2.0-elite-edition
pubnub
python

Submitted to

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Created by

I created the logo and built the web application for interfacing with the server. I also developed the Arduino "drop" system for the prescription using Android devices and Bluetooth.

Tim Christovich
I'm a big fan of drinking coffee, IoT, and building mobile apps and websites. I love hacks that solve problems people didn't know they had.
I worked on the back-end algorithm development and participated heavily in the testing of the drone's mechanics, and the development of the autonomous system. Official PubNub installer/official drone catcher.

Jeremiah Lantzer
I do the codes.
I worked on implementing the python drone API, the development of the GPS location algorithms, the python integration of pubnub, as well as developing the AI pilot.

Jonathan Rach
I am a software engineer that loves to be challenged and make new things!
I worked on developing the value proposition, business implications, and logistical concerns involved in making DroneDrop a feasible/profitable venture. Additionally, I forecasted revenues, expenses, and cash flows for the next 5 years, in order to construct key financial statements for the company, including the Income Statements and the Statement of Cash Flows for years 2017-2021.

Aaron Schwartz
Full-Stack Developer | Serial Entrepreneur | Bitcoin, Blockchain, and Financial Technology