Design of inoffensive sUAS for humanitarian missions

Purpose The aim of this paper is the definition of configuration requirements to define “harmless” a sUAS, taking into account mathematical models and ballistic approaches, already defined for small projectiles and now modified, with appropriate assumptions, for sUAS (small Unmanned Aerial Systems). These safety requirements are related to structures, materials, weight and dimensions, such as the radius of curvature Design/methodology/approach In this paper, the state-of-the-art of forensic and ballistic physics models is presented and then safety requirements are defined for sUAS. The big challenge is due to a lack in the regulation because each country and each regulatory authority had published an own regulation where the imposed requirements are different because the mathematical models, and the related assumptions, are different from one country to an another. Therefore, proper assumptions are introduced in these models to obtain the safety requirements to define harmless the final configuration. Fin...