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@article{192991,
        author = {Kharthic S J and Akash M and Gowtham Chandrasekar and Hayakkiri M and Dr. S. Dinesh},
        title = {Design and Fabrication of Autonomous Medical Delivery Drone},
        journal = {International Journal of Innovative Research in Technology},
        year = {2026},
        volume = {12},
        number = {9},
        pages = {3385-3392},
        issn = {2349-6002},
        url = {https://ijirt.org/article?manuscript=192991},
        abstract = {Delayed access to essential medical supplies in remote, disaster-stricken, or congested urban areas imposes severe threats to patient survival and public health outcomes. Conventional ground-based logistics often lack the speed and reliability required for these time-critical scenarios due to infrastructure limitations. This paper proposes a robust Autonomous Medical Delivery Drone framework designed for the rapid, contactless transport of emergency payloads such as vaccines and blood units. The system integrates a Pixhawk 2.4.8 flight controller with a Ublox NEO-M8N GPS module to execute precise, pre-programmed waypoint navigation and autonomous flight stability. A custom-engineered servo-actuated payload mechanism is employed to ensure secure holding and precise remote drop-off capabilities, monitored in real-time via a 433MHz telemetry data link. This integrated approach provides a resilient logistical alternative that bypasses physical terrain barriers to serve isolated populations. Experimental results validate the system’s performance, demonstrating a high thrust to-weight ratio of 4:1 and a safe payload capacity of 2.0 kg, proving its feasibility as a scalable and efficient solution for modernizing emergency healthcare response.},
        keywords = {Autonomous Medical Drone, Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV), Healthcare Logistics, GPS Waypoint Navigation.},
        month = {February},
        }