Drone airframes — Research institute
Lightweight printed UAV airframes and payload mounts. Delivered for a research institute client in Mumbai.
- Location
- Mumbai
- Year
- 2024
- Duration
- 9 weeks
- Team
- 14 engineers
- −28%
- airframe mass
- 2.6 days
- iteration time
- 168
- airframes
The challenge
The research institute team was relying on manual effort that could not keep up with volume, and every miss had a direct cost.
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
Phase 1
Discovery sprint and site survey
Phase 2
Prototype built and tested in the Motera lab
Phase 3
Pilot on site with before/after measurement
Phase 4
Scale-out, training and handover
Highlights
- Operator training delivered in Gujarati, Hindi and English
- Runs on-premises; no data leaves the site unless agreed
- Designed, built and supported from Motera, Ahmedabad
- Safety case reviewed with the client's EHS team
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