Kawasaki Heavy Industries succeeded in demonstrating concept of goods transportation in cooperation with unmanned VTOL aircraft and delivery robots

　On November 29, 2021, Kawasaki Heavy Industries announced that the company has successfully demonstrated the concept of unmanned funding by collaboration between the unmanned VTOL (vertical takeoff and landing) machine and delivery robot developed.

　In the same demonstration, the delivery robot with luggage automatically boarded the unmanned VTOL machine, and the route set in advance with the delivery robot is automatically flighted.After landing, the delivery robot automatically left and delivered luggage to the destination.As a result, we have confirmed that luggage transportation without human hands in the future is confirmed.

　The unmanned VTOL aircraft renovated the aircraft that conducted the flight test in 2020, realized 100 kg of payload, and was equipped with a collaboration mechanism with delivery robots.The power unit uses a supercharged engine of the motorcycle "Ninja H2R" manufactured by Kawasaki Motors.

　Delivery robots have developed vehicles that can be installed on unmanned VTOL machines based on the company's delivery robot, which runs stably on rough roads and steps with steps.

　The unmanned VTOL aircraft will also be used in the “Ina -shi, Ina City, Nagano Prefecture, and will also be used in“ Unmanned VTOL aircraft transportation platform construction projects ”.

　Kawasaki Heavy Industries makes use of this knowledge, and for the purpose of solving social issues such as labor shortage in the logistics industry, stable goods transportation that is not affected by road traffic conditions and terrain characteristics such as the sea mountain river, and stable to mountain huts and remote islands.The company will develop a system for transportation.

Specifications of the aircraft used