SULTAN QABOOS UNIVERSITY
College of Engineering
Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering
Product Design- MEIE3109
Assignment 1
Younis Al Naabi
132940
Zaid Al Sibani
133100
Moosa Al Sibani
133355
Section: 10
1/ Recently, the use of drones has increased dramatically in various fields, So some difficulties
has been appear such as, they can’t control with the huge number of drones in one institution
by themselves so the challenge how to pass this problem by minimum cost . The automated
platforms are the solution for the drones’ users in large quantities. The market needs of that
platforms are defense, delivery companies, government, and agriculture. The market size of
these platforms is high for example, there are many militarily developed countries in the world
that use these drones. There are many startups that are making and trying to develop drone
platform. Some of these companies is Skeyes, Drone matrix and Stable but they didn’t mention
their price in their sites in google.
2/
It has a long-lasting battery.
*** It consumes limited energy.
** It can work with a smart battery
**The platform protection curtain can be
controlled by a device.
*It can have a GPS.
management.
It can work on all weather conditions.
*Replacing the battery is easy.
***It has a protective curtain to protect the
!* It can be charged by solar energy.
*It can work with electricity.
***It recharges quickly.
**It can be used while recharging.
It can work with artificial intelligence.
**It is a fully scalable platform.
*! It can be set scheduled an on-demand
mission.
**It can have Teleoperated remote control
through a smartphone connection.
system and components.
*It can be transformed into a box.
***It is vandal and theft resistant.
*It doesn’t cause harm to drone.
**It is secured against intrusion.
It is a horizontal platform.
*It is easy to maintain and store.
**! It can provide a convenient storage and
maintenance.
***It can be transported.
**It can carry all types of drones.
It can be made with lightweight materials.
***It can move by tires or rubber filled with
*! It is easy to integrate.
air.
* It is easy to see it.
*It has a balance system to stabilize
horizontally.
**It can be made with inexpensive
materials.
*It has a medium size.
***It has a low-cost manufacturing.
*It has a hydraulic system.
3/
Mission statement: Automated drone’s platforms
Product Description
Automated platforms use to control large
number of drones with least number of
human interventions.
Benefit Proposition
Park and control drone smoothly and with
minimum number of humans.
Key Business
Product introduced in first quarter of 2027,
15% share of automated platforms market by
2031
Assumption
Automated platform’s drones, new control
technologies
Stakeholders
Military institutions, service center,
governments, companies
4/ Gantt chart:
Week number
Task
Receive/ accept spec.
Concept generation/ selection
Design internals tools
Design the exterior form
Design the operating system
Produce internal tools
Purchase assemply equipment
Gather the tools
Produce the exterior form
Install the operating system
Test the operating system
Test the platform
Initial production run
Duration (week)
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