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Pharmaceutical UAV
1
Vadipina Amarnadh (Assistant Professor)
2
Anuroop Chennabatny
3
K. Karthik
4
S. Kalyan Raj
5
Y. Uday Rushi
Department of CSE, Anurag Group of Institutions

Abstract:- Delivery drones have developed into a consumer and the dispatcher to track the package's real-
potentially feasible option for a multitude of industries time whereabouts.
and uses, such as e-commerce, logistics, and emergency
services. The primary objective of employing delivery  Drawbacks:
drones is to automate the delivery process in order to The existing system design does not have temperature
increase efficiency and save expenses. The ability of monitoring feature and authentication for customer order
delivery drones to avoid gridlock and get at the location verification.
quickly is a significant advantage. In particular for
remote or difficult-to-reach places, this can  Proposed System:
considerably cut down on delivery time and expense. The proposed technology accomplishes the delivery
Last but not least, delivery drones can be employed in using quadcopter drones. A web application is used to set
emergency services to swiftly and effectively bring the destination. The DHT11 sensor and Raspberry Pi Cam
medical supplies, gear, and personnel to disaster areas will be used by the management to monitor the temperature
or other emergency circumstances. The idea would and surroundings, respectively. When a user registers to
include creating unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) that open an account, they must authenticate themselves. The
could fly to a certain place, deliver packages, and then proposed drone, in contrast to the AR Drone 2.0, can
fly back to a warehouse or distribution center. support up to 150 grammes of weight. GPS (Global
Positioning System) is necessary for unmanned aerial
I. INTRODUCTION vehicles in order for the pilot to be able to operate them
remotely and for autonomous flight without a pilot.
Pharmaceutical UAVs (Unmanned Aerial Vehicles),
often known as medical drones, are unmanned aircraft  Advantages:
designed and equipped to transport medical supplies,  It can monitor the temperature of medicines which need
pharmaceuticals, and other healthcare-related items to to kept at certain temperature.
remote or challenging-to-reach regions. These UAVs are  Live stream video from Pi cam for surveillance.
becoming more and more well-liked because they provide  The system design has both website and customer order
life-saving medical supplies quickly and efficiently, (OTP) authentication.
especially in emergency situations where access to medical
facilities is limited. Pharmaceutical UAVs are equipped
with cutting-edge technology, including as GPS, sensors,
and cameras, allowing them to easily reach remote sites and
manoeuvre through difficult terrain. Also, they are designed
to maintain a suitable temperature for the delivery of
medical supplies that require a specific temperature,
including blood and vaccines.

 Existing System:
Drone delivery systems will keep track of the
consumer's current location and guarantee that the right
person and place will receive the package. GPS A drone
delivery system will use GPS to find the customer, identify
their current location, and deliver the package properly and
on-time, according to the delivery date. The drone will have
built-in GPS, and a live tracking device will locate the
user's device. The drone will pick up the package from the
warehouse that is closest to the delivery area; there will be
a main warehouse and some sub-warehouses. It will Fig 1 Architecture of the Proposed System
function like any home delivery app, allowing both the

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II. EXPERIMENTAL TOOLS to the firmware and not the related development kits. The
designs for the prototyping boards and firmware are also
 Adrupilot APM 2.8 open source. The Lua programming language is employed
Based on the Arduino Mega platform, Ardupilot Mega by the firmware. The firmware was created using the
(APM) is a high-quality IMU autopilot. Fixed-wing Espressif Non-OS SDK for ESP8266 and is based on the
aircraft, multirotor helicopters, and conventional eLua project. It makes extensive use of open source
helicopters can all be piloted with this autopilot. It is a programmes like SPIFFS and lua-cjson. Users must choose
complete autopilot with the ability for way-point-based the components necessary for their project and create a
navigation, autonomous stabilisation, and two-way firmware specific to their requirements due to resource
telemetry using Xbee wireless modules. supporting 4 serial limitations. Moreover, support for the 32-bit ESP32 has
ports and 8 RC channels. been included.

 Raspberry Pi 4 Model B  Arduino IDE

The Raspberry Pi Foundation and Broadcom The Arduino Integrated Development Environment,
collaborated to create a line of compact single-board also known as the Arduino Software (IDE), includes a text
computers (SBCs) called Raspberry Pi. The initial focus of editor for writing code, a message box, a text console, a
the Raspberry Pi project was to encourage the study of toolbar with buttons for basic functions, and a number of
fundamental computer science in classrooms and in menus. In order to upload programs and communicate with
underdeveloped nations. The initial model sold outside of them, it connects to the Arduino hardware.
its intended market for applications like robotics and was
more widely used than planned. Due to its low price,  Mission Planner
modular construction, and open design, it is extensively A ground control station for ArduPilot is called
employed in a variety of fields, including weather Mission Planner. It offers assistance with setup, flying, and
monitoring. Because to its support of the HDMI and USB reviewing recorder flights.
standards, computer and electronic enthusiasts frequently
utilise it.  Flask
A Python package called Flask serves as a web
 Raspberry Pi HQ Camera framework that makes it simple to create web apps. Its core
The Raspberry Pi HQ camera outperforms the current is compact and simple to extend; it's a microframework
Camera Module v2 which is used to take the sharp pictures without an object relationship manager or similar
with a UAV in terms of resolution (12.3 megapixels capabilities.
compared to 8 megapixels) and sensitivity (almost 50%
more area per pixel for increased low-light performance).  MySQL
Structured Query Language (SQL), which is a popular
 Node MCU language for maintaining and accessing database entries,
Node MCU is an open source firmware which is used forms the foundation of MySQL, a relational database
for open source prototyping board designs. Node and MCU management system. Under the terms of the GNU licence,
are combined to form the moniker "NodeMCU" (micro- MySQL is free and open-source software. It is supported by
controller unit). In a strict sense, "Node MCU" only refers Oracle Company.

III. OUTPUT

Fig 1 Calibrating Drone

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Calibrate the drone using Mission Planner before launching the drone to ensure proper flight and stability.

Fig 2 User Order Page

User logs in through his account and orders the required medicines which will be sent to the admin page and stored in the
database.

Fig 3 Orders Received by Admin

Admin views the orders and inputs the coordinates into the drone along with medicines.

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Fig 4 Surveillance and Temperature Monitoring

Monitoring the drone through the camera and making sure the temperature is adequate for the medicines using DHT11
sensor.

Fig 5 OTP Authentication

When the drone reaches the location, it asks for customer authentication to deliver the package.

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Fig 6 Drone

Drone starts flying at a certain altitude when the coordinates are given in the website.

IV. CONCLUSION [6]. Ollero and K. Kondak, “10 years in the cooperation
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constraints including flight time and cargo capacity, as well [8]. Sudhanshu Tripathi, Waseem Ahemad, Roshani
as regulatory and safety issues, continue to restrict the Singh, Namrata Yadav, Rajesh Kumar, Nikhil
usage of pharmaceutical UAVs. To overcome these issues Kumar Gupta “Delivery Drone Using GPS and FPV
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