• DocumentCode
    181293
  • Title

    Scheduling methods for unmanned aerial vehicle based delivery systems

  • Author

    Shen, Dan ; Zhang, Hanlin ; Yu, Wei ; Lu, Chao ; Chen, Genshe ; Wei, Sixiao ; Blasch, Erik P. ; Pham, Khanh

  • Author_Institution
    Intelligent Fusion Technology (IFT) Inc.
  • fYear
    2014
  • fDate
    5-9 Oct. 2014
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    18
  • Abstract
    □ Because of the inherent flexibility, ease of use, and ability for rapid deployment, UAVs (Unmanned Aerial Vehicles) have been widely used for commercial applications. □ Both Facebook and Google looked into buying Titan Aerospace, a company located in New Mexico, which develops solar powered UAVs □ Amazon announced a plan to offer 30-minute deliveries using UAVs. Prime Air, has a goal of delivering packages to customers in 30 minutes or less using UAVs
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Digital Avionics Systems Conference (DASC), 2014 IEEE/AIAA 33rd
  • Conference_Location
    Colorado Springs, CO, USA
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4799-5002-7
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/DASC.2014.6979640
  • Filename
    6979640