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Strawberries Delivered by A Miniature Drone at KAIST Spring Festival​
View : 8956 Date : 2014-04-07 Writer : ed_news

The "HAPPY KAIST 2014 Spring Festival" held at KAIST from 4th April

The Cherry Blossoms Festival under the theme of "Cherry Blossoms: Light and Fantasy" held on 4th April

The Strawberry Party with strawberries exclusively delivered by a miniature drone on 11th April

KAIST is holding a spring festival from April 4th through 11th. 

As a part of the "HAPPY KAIST 2014" event, cherry blossoms festival and strawberry party will be held at KAIST campus starting on April 4th. 

This event has been organized with the purpose of creating a new culture and tradition for members of KAIST to unite. Faculty members, staff, and students have all contributed to making the festival a success. 

The cherry blossoms festival, held under the theme of "Cherry Blossoms: Light and Fantasy," takes place at the road in front of the KAIST north dormitory, which provides a spectacular view of cherry blossom trees. It begins on the night of April 4th and continues until the 8th of April. 

Around the cherry blossom tree road displays an art exhibition by the Design Rangers, a student club of graduate and doctorate students from the Department of Industrial Design at KAIST. The exhibition includes the "Fantasy Cherry Blossoms" and "Let’s Walk Together."

Following on the 11th will be the "Strawberry Party" to take place throughout the campus. The strawberry party began in 1995 in order to help the local strawberry farmers. Now, it has become KAIST’s own unique tradition attended by faculty, student clubs, and laboratory members. 

This year, the fruit party becomes a unique event in that there will be a demonstration of strawberry delivery by an unmanned vehicle or an unmanned aerial vehicle (a miniature drone). 

When a customer orders strawberries via a smart phone application, the user's current location is sent to the central system of an unmanned vehicle. Either the unmanned vehicle (UV) transports strawberries or for places  inaccessible  by the UV such as on a lawn, the drone delivers the fruit to the customer

This demonstration has been organized by Professor Hyunchul Shim from the Department of Aerospace Engineering at KAIST. Professor Shim said, “If the unmanned logistics system, such as the one being demonstrated at the Strawberry Party, is commercialized, both cost and time  in the logistics industry can be significantly reduced.”

The HAPPY KAIST 2014,  organized  by the College of Engineering, is an annual event, consisting of a total of five programs, with the purpose to make the campus happier and  healthier. 

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