Abstract: A detachable, self-balancing, pod for an unmanned aerial vehicle. The pod is configured to hold a plurality of different payloads, and to dynamically shift the location of these payloads in order to maintain an optimal center of mass (center of gravity) for the combination pod and UAV. The pod will have its own processor, as well as processor-controlled actuators to shift the payload location inside the pod to optimize balance, and to dispense the different individual payloads in different locations as directed.