Explorer 科研车 by Shengtao Ma is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2023 A' Design Award 铜奖 in 未来主义设计 Competition Category.

铜未来主义· 2023

Explorer 科研车

by Shengtao Ma

Client: Qingdao Thousand Wood Industrial Design Company Limited

A' Design Award 铜奖 Winner in 未来主义 Category

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The Design

About Explorer 科研车

探索者科考车是一种用于极端环境下科学研究调查的大型生存全地形车。它的配色方案受到变色龙的启发，其模块化结构源自青蛙骨骼的仿生学。探索者科考车拥有宽敞的生活和科研车厢，以及多种模块化驾驶模式。通过分析不同的自然地形和气候，能够适应各种恶劣的环境，为科研人员提供更好的生活和科研空间及驾驶体验。

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award 铜奖

Explorer 科研车是 A' Design Award 铜奖得主，这是授予以创造力、独创性和敏锐见长的杰出设计的极具声望的认可。铜奖得主是技艺娴熟、创意惊人的作品，印证了其设计师丰富的经验、想象力与机智。预计Explorer 科研车将成为一件备受推崇、令人钦佩且被珍爱的物品，兼具显著的专业性与创新性。这件赢得 A' Design Award 铜奖的设计融入艺术、科学、设计和技术领域的最佳实践，并因注重细节而出类拔萃。Explorer 科研车出色地满足需求，触动渴望，迷住情感，并吸引好奇心。

Behind the Design

Press Kit

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

Unique Properties: The Explorer scientific research vehicle is a large-scale survival all-terrain vehicle used for scientific research and surveys in extreme environments.
Spacious living and scientific research compartments and modularized multiple driving modes can adapt to various harsh environments by analyzing different natural terrains and climates
Natural conditions provide researchers with better living and scientific research space and driving experience.
Dimensions & Packaging: Width 4000mm x Length 9800mm x Height 4800mm
Tags: Safety, Technology, Modular, Transformable, Intelligent, viability
Production Technology: Color scheme: inspired by the skin of a chameleon, the exterior features a
blend of three Green hues: Horsell Green, Arbor and Steppe Green. The entire
color scheme from the dark green of the front to the emerald green of the rear
while increasing the visual effect, also allows the body to have a certain degree
of optical psychedelic, make the car with chameleon camouflage so as to better
adapt to a variety of natural scenes.
Design Challenge: In the process of product design, it is difficult to innovate its structure. In the end, we got inspiration from the frog's leg bone structure and made innovations in structure.
Research: Through the modular design, this product has made new innovations in appearance and structure. In addition to the basic common mode, it has added a crawler mode for uneven and complex terrain, and a garrison mode for living and living.
Inspiration: With the advancement of current technology and the increase of people's curiosity about unknown things, the demand for the performance of exploration tools has also increased. Inspired by the characteristics of chameleons living in the tropical rainforest to adapt to various environments, this product combines the characteristics of existing scientific research vehicles and makes new innovations in functions.
Project Duration: The project starts at Qingdao University of Technology in August 2022 and ends at Qingdao University of Technology in February 2023.
Operation Flow: This product is a large survival all terrain vehicle used for scientific research and survey in extreme environments. This terrain vehicle has a large living and scientific research carriage. Through the analysis of different natural terrain and climate, it is suitable for a variety of harsh natural conditions, so as to provide better living and scientific research space for scientific researchers. The all terrain vehicle is an all-weather amphibious multi-function vehicle. By switching driving modes, it can drive in snow, desert, beach, Gobi, mountain, water and other complex terrain. At the same time, the modular design enables the terrain vehicle to have more form switching for survey, navigation and stationing, so as to better meet the needs of scientific researchers.