MUMBAI, India, July 11 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202511061364 A) filed by Manipal University, Jaipur, Rajasthan, on June 27, for 'vtol fixed-wing uav system for autonomous cargo delivery.'
Inventor(s) include Dr. Akhilesh Kumar Sharma; Antima Jain; Priyanshu; and Ratnesh Kumar Sharma.
The application for the patent was published on July 11, under issue no. 28/2025.
According to the abstract released by the Intellectual Property India: "The present invention relates to VTOL fixed-wing UAV system (100) for autonomous cargo delivery. The system (100) comprises an airframe, a plurality of fixed wings, a quadrotor propulsion system, pusher-type propulsion system, a modular cargo, a flight control system, an onboard computation unit, a power system, a communication module, a fail-safe system. The plurality of fixed wings are mounted on carbon fiber spars and are removably attached to the fuselage to facilitate modularity and transport. The quadrotor propulsion module, comprising four vertical lift motors positioned on the wings, enables vertical takeoff and landing (VTOL) capability. The pusher-type propulsion system, featuring a rear-mounted brushless motor, provides efficient forward thrust during fixed-wing flight. The system includes a modular cargo bay with a servo-controlled release mechanism for autonomous payload deployment, a Pixhawk Cube flight controller with RTK GPS for precise navigation, and an onboard computing unit running machine learning algorithms for dynamic cargo drop adjustments."
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