Draft 2: Summary on healthcare drones

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The article written by Balasubramanian (2022), "Drones May Become ‘The Next Big Thing’ In Healthcare Delivery", healthcare drone integration has the potential to change patient access to crucial medical services in remote and underprivileged locations, improving health outcomes and lowering healthcare costs. One such company making use of these drones is Zipline.

According to the webpage "Zipline (drone delivery)" from Hand Wiki (n.d), Zipline drones are autonomous, and can fly between 80 and 120 meters above ground and at a cruise speed of 101 km/h to its destination in 45 minutes. Upon arrival, the drone descends at a height of 20 to 32 meters above the ground and parachute-drops the package. The drones comprises of an inner carbon-fiber frame and an exterior polystyrene shell. The exterior shell is made up polystyrene which is a brittle material so that in the case of the drone crashing, it would break apart upon impact, dissipating energy and reduce the overall for of impact . According to an article written by Bhatt and Goe (2017), the carbon-fiber frame allows the drone to be lightweight and durable as the material is high in stiffness, tensile strength, low weight to strength ratio, corrosion and fatigue resistant, and electrically conductive. The drone also operates on quickly replaceable batteries which allow fast and efficient turnaround between flights, as well as a single propeller with two propellers as back up.

According to Wang, Jun Wu, and Huang (2018), the drone is also deployed by a "hybrid energy storage system, consisting of a battery and supercapacitor, reduces the volume and weight of the energy storage system", enabling the drone to be launched quickly and efficiently at 113km/h in just 0.33 seconds.

The implementation of drones in the healthcare industry can not only deliver medical supplies but can also aid in diagnosing people with health problems in remote areas. Drone delivery can also reduce energy consumption and air pollution. However, using drones may come with a few risks as well.

Brown, R. (2022, July 7). Challenges faced by drones in healthcare - Drones can help improve healthcare, but it is still a new technology. - ROBOTICS TOMORROW

https://www.roboticstomorrow.com/story/2022/07/challenges-faced-by-drones-in-healthcare-drones-can-help-improve-healthcare-but-it-is-still-a-new-technology-/19113/#:~:text=In%20addition%20to%20distributing%20medical,samples%20from%20homes%20to%20hospitals.

https://handwiki.org/wiki/Company:Zipline_(drone_delivery)

https://www.materialsciencejournal.org/vol14no1/carbon-fibres-production-properties-and-potential-use/

https://aip.scitation.org/doi/abs/10.1063/1.5041153

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