Recently, Airbus Group and 3D printing car company LocalMotors announced the winner of the "AirbusCargoDroneChallenge", which was launched in April to encourage budding drone designers to create a portable 3 - A new drone with a payload of 5 kg. Winners will share more than $100,000 in prize money.
The two companies hope to get some innovative ideas from the minds of smart young people, while also inspiring up-and-coming designers to start this major engineering project. Now, after four months and 425 events, the company has selected five contest winners. The competition is divided into three categories: the Airbus Grand Prize, which is determined by the Airbus Jury; the Transportation Award, which is determined by industry experts; and the Community Award, which is determined by members of LocalMotors.
Those involved in the Airbus Drone Challenge need to design new drones that meet the following criteria:
Vertical takeoff and landing (VTOL) and efficient flight
Hybrid design of multi-rotor and fixed-wing aircraft
Two flight modes: hover and flight
Modular payload system
Weight not exceeding 25kg
Separate fixed cargo hold, payload 3-5 kg
Convenient and replaceable cargo hold, will not lose goods during flight
Cruise speed of at least 80km/h and a maximum of 194km/h
Although a total of nine podiums were set up for the three categories, only five winners were selected because their excellent work spanned multiple categories. Therefore, the final result is as follows:
Airbus Award
First Prize: ZELATOR from AlexeyMedvedev of Omsk, Russia
Second Prize: The work of HarvestZhang from Mountain View, California, USA (Volans)
Third Prize: Minerva from DominikFelixFinger, Aachen, Germany
Transport award
First Prize: SkyPac from FinnYonkers, North Kingstown, Rhode Island
Second Prize: The work of HarvestZhang from Mountain View, California, USA (Volans)
Third Prize: AlexeyMedvedev's work ZELATOR
Community award
First Prize: Thunderbird from Frédéric LeSciellour of Pont DeL'Arn, France
Second Prize: SkyPac from FinnYonkers, North Kingstown, Rhode Island
Third Prize: Volans from HarvestZhang, Mountain View, California, USA
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