Amphibious Fusum Aereum Salutare by Junkai Shao and Wenzhe Tang

Amphibious Fusum Aereum Salutare by Junkai Shao and Wenzhe Tang is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2021 Praemium A' Design Award Argenteum in Producta Securitatis Competition Category.

ArgentumProducta Securitatis· 2021

Amphibious Fusum Aereum Salutare

by Junkai Shao and Wenzhe Tang

Client: Junkai Shao

Praemium A' Design Award Argenteum Winner in Producta Securitatis Category

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The Design

About Amphibious Fusum Aereum Salutare

Amphibium est fusum aereum portabile ad succursum in calamitatibus destinatum. Amphibium coniungit investigationem calamitatis, deprehensionem vitae, positionem exquisitionis et salutis, transvectionem instrumentorum et lucem subitariam. Quattuor alae rotari possunt ut modum portabilem, modum volatus vel modum urinandi efficiant. Machinae radariae ad deprehendendam vitam in ora exteriore alarum superstites locare adiuvant, dum lumina in ora interiore laborem in locis obscuris sustinent. Corpus ex levi aluminio aviatorio, materia plastica et materiis compositis confectum est. Fusum plicari et in perula portari potest.

The Recognition

About the Praemium A' Design Award Argenteum

Amphibious Fusum Aereum Salutare victor est Praemii A' Design Award Argenteum, honoris eximie amplissimi formis summi generis, pulchris et conspicuis dati. Victores Argenti opera valde splendida et creandi ingenio praedita sunt, quae praestantem peritiam, talentum et acumen auctorum suorum ostendunt. Exspectatur Amphibious Fusum Aereum Salutare opus mirabile, exemplare, valde professionale et penitus novum fore. Haec forma Argento victa inventum notabile et admiratum est, quod ad fines artis, scientiae, formandi rationis et technologiae promovendos confert. Amphibious Fusum Aereum Salutare creatio est, quam multi invident, quae cupiditates excitat, sensus bonos affert et admirationem miraculumque movet.

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.