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Drone airframes — Agriculture

Lightweight printed UAV airframes and payload mounts. Delivered for a agriculture client in Hazira.

Location
Hazira
Year
2022
Duration
33 weeks
Team
7 engineers
Interactive 3D · drag to rotate
−39%
airframe mass
4.1 days
iteration time
32
airframes

The challenge

Existing vendors had delivered pieces of a drone airframes system, but nobody owned the integration and the pilot had stalled.

What we built

We owned the whole stack — hardware, firmware, models and dashboards — using MJF, Carbon-fibre nylon, nTop so there was one accountable team.

Delivery timeline

  1. Phase 1

    Discovery sprint and site survey

  2. Phase 2

    Prototype built and tested in the Motera lab

  3. Phase 3

    Pilot on site with before/after measurement

  4. Phase 4

    Scale-out, training and handover

Highlights

  • Remote monitoring and over-the-air updates included
  • Safety case reviewed with the client's EHS team
  • Integrated with existing PLC, ERP or GIS systems — no rip-and-replace
  • Before-and-after measurements agreed with the client up front

Have a problem that needs a machine built for it?

Tell us the constraint — line speed, accuracy, environment, deadline. An engineer will read it and reply with a straight answer, including when the answer is that you don't need us.

We reply to every enquiry within one business day.