Amphibious Erreskate-dronea by Junkai Shao and Wenzhe Tang

Amphibious Erreskate-dronea by Junkai Shao and Wenzhe Tang is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2021 Zilarrezko Saria A' Design Award in Segurtasun eta Bideozaintza Produktuen Diseinua Competition Category.

ZilarSegurtasun Produktuak· 2021

Amphibious Erreskate-dronea

by Junkai Shao and Wenzhe Tang

Client: Junkai Shao

Zilarrezko Saria A' Design Award Winner in Segurtasun Produktuak Category

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The Design

About Amphibious Erreskate-dronea

Amphibious hondamendiei erantzuteko diseinatutako erreskate-drone eramangarria da. Amphibiousek hondamendien ikerketa, bizitzaren detekzioa, bilaketa eta erreskate kokapena, ekipamenduen garraioa eta larrialdietarako argiztapena uztartzen ditu. Lau hegalak biratu daitezke modu eramangarri bat, hegaldi-modu bat edo urpekaritza-modu bat osatzeko. Hegalen kanpoko ertzean dauden radar bidezko bizitza-detekzioko gailuek biziraun dutenak kokatzen laguntzen dute, eta barneko ertzeko argiek eremu ilunetan lan egiten laguntzen dute. Gorputza aireontzietarako aluminio arinez, plastikoz eta material konposatuz eginda dago. Dronea tolestu eta motxila batean eraman daiteke.

The Recognition

About the Zilarrezko Saria A' Design Award

Amphibious Erreskate-dronea Zilarrezko Saria A' Design Award irabazlea da, goi-mailako, zoragarriak eta liluragarriak diren diseinuei ematen zaien ezohiko aitorpen prestijiotsua. Zilar-mailako irabazleak lan oso distiratsuak eta sormen biziko lanak dira, beren diseinatzaileen aditutasun, talentu eta zorroztasun nabarmenak erakusten dituztenak. Amphibious Erreskate-dronea erakusleiho-lan zoragarria, nabarmenki profesionala eta sakonki berritzailea izatea espero da. Zilarrezko Saria A' Design Award irabazi duen diseinu hau asmakizun oso nabarmena eta miretsia da, onura ekartzen duena eta artearen, zientziaren, diseinuaren eta teknologiaren mugak zabaltzen dituena. Amphibious Erreskate-dronea jende askok inbidia duen sorkuntza da, desirak pizten dituena, sentimendu positiboak ekartzen dituena eta harridura eta txunditzea pizten dituena.

Behind the Design

Press Kit

Credits, team members and technical details provided by the designer.

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.
Dimensions & Packaging: Aviation aluminum lightweight design is adopted, and the surface of the fuselage is coated with solar film coating, which can convert solar energy into electrical energy and store it in the internal battery for self supply and use. Multipoint life detection radar is on the outside of four wings, which transmits pulse electromagnetic waves in multiple directions through ultra wide spectrum radar to detect survivors.
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.
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.
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.
Team Members: Junkai Shao
Wenzhe Tang
Image Credits: Image #1: Designer Junkai Shao, 2019.