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In this paper, we have proposed a system of drones that can transfer blood and other medical supplies from a designated medical facility to remote areas/villages where road travel can be expensive and time taking. The novel system of drones works on autonomous navigation using PX4 flight stack on Pixhawk and uses GPS to be aware of its location in x-y axis whereas sharp sensors along with ultrasonic sensors are used to understand the environment. Proposed system has been developed on Robot Operating System (ROS) using its modular approach. Analyzed environment is used to control altitude, speed and direction of a drone when an obstruction such as trees, building or any other object is detected using sharp sensors.
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Jain, V., Luthra, N. (2021). Medical Assistance Using Drones for Remote Areas. In: Bansal, P., Tushir, M., Balas, V., Srivastava, R. (eds) Proceedings of International Conference on Artificial Intelligence and Applications. Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing, vol 1164. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-15-4992-2_44
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