Autonomous Cargo Aerial Last Mile Resupply (A CALM-R)

自主货运空中最后一英里补给 (A CALM-R)

• 批准号: 55061
• 金额: $ 6.33万
• 依托单位: HYBRID DRONES LIMITED
• 依托单位国家: 英国
• 项目类别: Collaborative R&D
• 财政年份: 2020
• 资助国家: 英国
• 起止时间: 2020 至 无数据
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=55061
• 关键词: Autonomous; Cargo; Aerial; Last; Mile

THE PROBLEM:The current Covid-19 pandemic has highlighted the need for rapid drone delivery of large amounts of medicine/food to remote households/communities who have symptoms, and therefore should not leave their homes. There is also a need to supply hospitals and other the medical staff with large amounts of personal protective equipment (PPE), with 742 million pieces of protective gear delivered to date.The government has stated that it has been a logistical problem and a 'enormous challenge' to deliver to 58,000 organisations, including pharmacies, care homes, GP surgeries and hospitals.This crisis has highlighted the inability of supermarket home delivery methods to cope with high demand. Tesco has recently announced that up to 90% of shopping will still need to be conducted in person, in store. Our innovative solution of a flexible, compact and reconfigurable heavy lift hybrid drone, will tackle the new or emerging societal or industry needs in the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic, within the subject area of couriers and delivery (rural and/or city based).OUR SOLUTION:Hybrid Drones Ltd are developing a game changing solution, which involves a novel combination of jet turbines and rotors. Our target is to be able to autonomously carry a maximum payload of 100 kg (with a volume of up to one cubic metre), over a distance of 10 km, within 10 minutes. The current generation of fully electric drone delivery systems are typically limited to 1-2 kg of payload and an endurance of 20 minutes. Our flexible jet turbine-electric hybrid design also enables the carriage of smaller payloads out to a range of 32 km.THE WIDER CONTEXT:In a wider context, such a system could have wide applications in disaster relief. From 1992 to 2014, floods, droughts and storms affected 4.2 billion people (95% of all people affected by disasters) and caused US$1.3 trillion worth of damage. The first quarter of 2020 has seen both wild fires in Australia and floods in the UK, in addition to the Coronavirus impact.Organisations such as the Department for International Development (DFID) in the UK, and the European Commission (Affordable High-Tech for Humanitarian Aid), are just starting the reap the benefits of using drones for disaster relief.By 2050, flood damage in the world's coastal cities is expected to reach $1 trillion a year, as sea levels rise and global warming triggers new extremes of heat, windstorms and rain.

问题：当前的新型冠状病毒肺炎疫情凸显了无人机快速运送大量药品/食品到偏远家庭/社区的必要性，这些家庭/社区有症状，因此不应该离开他们的家园。此外，还需要向医院和其他医务人员提供大量的个人防护装备（PPE），迄今已交付7.42亿件防护装备。政府表示，向58，000个组织提供防护装备是一个后勤问题，也是一个“巨大的挑战”，这些组织包括药房，护理院，这场危机凸显了超市送货上门的方式无法科普高需求。乐购最近宣布，高达90%的购物仍然需要亲自在商店进行。我们的创新解决方案是一种灵活、紧凑和可重新配置的重型混合无人机，将在新冠肺炎大流行后，在快递和交付（农村和/或城市）的主题领域内解决新的或新兴的社会或行业需求。我们的解决方案：混合无人机有限公司正在开发一种改变游戏规则的解决方案，其中涉及喷气涡轮机和转子的新颖组合。我们的目标是能够在10分钟内自动携带最大100公斤的有效载荷（体积高达1立方米），距离10公里。目前这一代的全电动无人机交付系统通常限于1-2公斤的有效载荷和20分钟的续航时间。我们灵活的喷气涡轮-电动混合动力设计还可以将较小的有效载荷运送到32公里的范围内。更广泛的背景：在更广泛的背景下，这样的系统可以在救灾中有广泛的应用。从1992年到2014年，洪水、干旱和风暴影响了42亿人（占所有受灾人口的95%），造成了1.3万亿美元的损失。2020年第一季度，除了冠状病毒的影响外，澳大利亚还发生了野火，英国也发生了洪水。英国国际发展部（DFID）和欧盟委员会等组织（负担得起的人道主义援助高科技），才刚刚开始收获使用无人机救灾的好处。到2050年，随着海平面上升和全球变暖引发新的极端高温、风暴和降雨，世界沿海城市每年遭受的洪水损失预计将达到1万亿美元。