Amphibious
Rescue Drone for Junkai Shao
It is an amphibious disaster rescue drone with life detection, location, transportation and emergency lighting functions. It can be transformed into portable mode, flight mode or diving mode to deal with different disaster rescue situations. The outer diameters of its four wings are equipped with radar detectors to search for the vital signs of survivors. The inner diameters of the wings have detection lights, which can perform rescue tasks in unknown dark areas, such as underwater caves or mountain regions. Especially in difficult terrains, it can assist in transporting equipment.
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Unique Properties
This is a portable amphibious rescue drone, which integrates disaster investigation, life detection, search and rescue positioning, equipment transportation and emergency lighting functions. It can turn four wings to form portable mode, flight mode or diving mode. The outer diameter of the four wings is equipped with radar life detection device to locate the rescue position of the survivors. The inner diameter is equipped with detection light, which can deal with the search and rescue tasks in dark areas.
Tags
Disaster rescue, Amphibious drone, Life detection, Search location, Foldable design
Production Technology
It is formed by mould, and then fixed to the structure frame of plastic, aluminum alloy and composite material by riveting and screwing to form the wing and related movable surface.
Design Challenge
The most difficult part is to fully consider the complexity and variability of disaster environment, how to design better practical products to assist the rescue work of search and rescue personnel.
Project Duration
The project started in May 2019 in Nanjing and finished in December 2020 in Nanjing.
Operation Flow
For the application of different environments, such as mountain or underwater environment, the rescue drone can adjust the four wing angle to change the operation mode. Through the radar to detect life features to locate the search and rescue location of survivors. When it doesn't need to work, it can be folded and put into the backpack.
Research
With the rapid development of industrial economy, environmental problems are becoming more and more serious. The frequent occurrence of natural disasters brings threats to people's lives. In the early stage, through questionnaire survey and demand analysis, the product function and use mode are positioned, and then the first draft of the product is obtained by brainstorming and concept sketch. Rhino is used for modeling, Keyshot for rendering and PS for use scenario and typesetting and finally simulation test is carried out.
Inspiration
In the rescue of mountainous region or rock cave and other special environmental disasters, the manual use of equipment to search survivors is inefficient and risky, which is easily limited by terrain and underwater environmental conditions and lacks flexibility. In addition, the functional application of rescue equipment is single and not easy to carry, so it is difficult to cope with the dynamic changeable environments and chain emergencies caused by natural disasters.
Image Credits
Image #1: Designer Junkai Shao, 2019.
Project Overview
Amphibious Rescue Drone has been a Silver winner in the Security, Safety and Surveillance Products Design award category in the year 2020 organized by the prestigious A' Design Award & Competition. The Silver A' Design Award celebrates top-tier designs that embody excellence and innovation. This award acknowledges creations that are not only aesthetically pleasing but also highly functional, reflecting the designer's deep understanding and skill. Silver A' Design Award recipients are recognized for their contribution to raising industry standards and advancing the practice of design. Their work often incorporates original innovations and elicits a strong emotional response, making a notable impact on the improvement of everyday life.
Silver Recognition
Junkai Shao and Xiaoxi Du was recognized with the coveted Silver A' Design Award in 2021, a testament to excellence of their work Amphibious Rescue Drone.
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Portable Amphibious Rescue Drone "Amphibious" Unveiled by Designers Junkai Shao and Xiaoxi Du
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