Unmanned transportation equipment

Many parts of the world, especially in Africa, are at times separated from the outside world by floods, landslides, etc., cutting off road traffic. Therefore, helicopters are an effective means of supplying medicines, food and other necessities.

However, these are very expensive services and require experienced pilots. To overcome this, Matternet launched a project based on the idea of scientists from Singularity Silicon Valley University (U.S.) to implement the operating system of unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) devices. Over land stations to provide remote communities with low cost.

Matternet is designing a prototype of four electric motors capable of carrying 1kg of cargo over a 3km distance, the next step being a 10km distance and further increasing the UAV's capacity to 1 tonne. This does not mean that the system only works on modern freeways. Matternet will build systems in remote villages of solar power stations as well as maintenance stations and supply bases, so that UAVs can easily fly around for relief missions. emergency situation. Justine Lam says that this kind of transfer is like sending packets of information over a routing network, similar to how we're communicating on the internet.

At a cost of about $ 2,500 including UAV equipment for each station, Matternet hopes to have more government and charity organizations sign up for rescue and rescue when the final phase of the project is completed. Matternet has also been designing an artificial intelligence system whereby the computer system determines the optimization of the transport process.