Our Background Story
The idea originated when two Cornell students got hungry and wanted to order some McNuggests. One student opened UberEats only to discover that for a $7.29 nugget, the total cost ended up being $17.36 and will take 65 minutes to deliver!
Feeling frustrated, the two engineering students decided to do something to change this situation, and they came up with a genius plan: an autonomous drone food delivery system with auto battery-swapping and cargo loading base stations for continuous unmanned operations.
Why is this a Good Project?
Time and Cost Savings: The cost of the delivery drones is 10% of human drivers ($1 vs $10), while delivering the order within 10 minutes in Ithaca.
Scalability: Additional base stations can be easily added to the drone network and the pickup platform allows real-time adaptation to customer demands.
Sustainability: By replacing delivery vehicles, the drone network produces zero emissions.
What Values can we Provide?
For Students: no tips and minimum order so the order is cheaper, and no long wait time. Also, safer if no one knows your address.
For Restaurants: increased customer due to reduced order cost for the customers.
For UberEats: Lowered labor cost and driver insurance cost, increased profit margin and number of orders.
Key Technologies:
Efficiency: Auto Battery Swapping and Cargo Loading.
Safety: Parachute and Redundancy Designs.
GPS-Independent: Control Algorithm (Navigation and Flight) Visual-Based Sensors.
Noise: Toroidal Tri-Blade Propellors.
Versatility: Mobile Base Station on Pick-Ups.
Let’s change the world together one nugget at a time!
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