MUMBAI, India, Aug. 10 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202641091288 A) filed by Vellore Institute Of Technology on July 27, 2026, for Smart Uav Payload Release System With Predictive Z-Axis Compensation And Physical Separation Verification.

Inventors include Denis Ashok; Shreeshankar S; and Yaswanth Uppalapu.

The application for the patent was published on July 31, 2026, under issue no. 31/2026.

Abstract: ABSTRACT A smart payload release system for an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) is disclosed. The system comprises an edge-computed dropper node (101) including a payload microcontroller unit (104), a kinematic sensor (102), a haptic sensor (103), and an actuator (105) communicatively coupled to a flight ...