Amphibious 救援无人机 by Junkai Shao and Wenzhe Tang

Amphibious 救援无人机 by Junkai Shao and Wenzhe Tang is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2021 A' Design Award 银奖 in 安防、安全与监控产品设计 Competition Category.

银安防产品· 2021

Amphibious 救援无人机

by Junkai Shao and Wenzhe Tang

Client: Junkai Shao

A' Design Award 银奖 Winner in 安防产品 Category

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The Design

About Amphibious 救援无人机

Amphibious(两栖)是一款专为灾害救援设计的便携式救援无人机。它集灾情勘察、生命探测、搜救定位、装备运输与应急照明等功能于一体。四个机翼可通过旋转变换为便携模式、飞行模式或潜水模式。机翼外缘的雷达生命探测装置有助于定位幸存者,内缘的照明灯则可为黑暗区域的救援作业提供光源。机身采用轻质航空铝材、塑料及复合材料制成。该无人机可折叠收纳,置于背包中随身携带。

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award 银奖

Amphibious 救援无人机是 A' Design Award 银奖得主，这是授予顶级、华美而令人印象深刻的设计的极为崇高的认可。银奖得主是极其卓越、极具创造力的作品，展现出其设计师杰出的专业技能、才华与敏锐。预计Amphibious 救援无人机将成为一件出色的典范之作，兼具非凡的专业性与深刻的创新性。这件赢得 A' Design Award 银奖的设计是一项备受瞩目、令人钦佩的发明，造福并拓展艺术、科学、设计和技术的边界。Amphibious 救援无人机是一件令人羡慕的创作，它唤起渴望，带来积极的情感，并激发惊叹与赞叹。

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.