Taking off with Biodegradable Tensegrities: An Eco-friendly Emergency Medical Delivery Solution

TL;DR

This study demonstrates that biodegradable tensegrity structures can effectively protect fragile medical supplies during drone delivery in disaster zones, offering an eco-friendly alternative for emergency logistics.

Contribution

It introduces biodegradable tensegrity structures for drone payload protection and evaluates their shock absorption capabilities through extensive drop tests.

Findings

Biodegradable tensegrities successfully absorbed impact shocks without damaging payloads.

They performed well across different drop heights and surface hardness levels.

The structures are a viable eco-friendly option for fragile payload delivery in emergencies.

Abstract

This paper analyzes how medical supplies can be safely transported through eco-friendly means to areas affected by disasters such as floods using Unmanned Aerial Vehicles. We compared the performance of different bio-degradable tensegrity structures with fragile payloads cushioned with coir padding by conducting drop tests from successively greater heights upto 75 meters on surfaces with different hardness. Our results showed that the bio-degradable tensegrities was able to absorb the shock on impact successively in all cases without any damage to the payload. The results suggest that biodegradable tensegrities are a viable option for fragile payload delivery.