Disaster response UAV — NGO
Rapid mapping, thermal search and comms relay after disasters. Delivered for a ngo client in Mumbai.
- Location
- Mumbai
- Year
- 2022
- Duration
- 15 weeks
- Team
- 8 engineers
- 15 min
- response time
- 80
- km² mapped
- 26
- people located
The challenge
Conditions on site — heat, dust, vibration and patchy connectivity — had defeated two earlier attempts at this in ngo.
What we built
Built in our Motera lab, validated on a replica rig, then commissioned on site in days using PX4 and Mesh radio.
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
- Safety case reviewed with the client's EHS team
- Designed, built and supported from Motera, Ahmedabad
- Before-and-after measurements agreed with the client up front
- Documentation, drawings and source handed over at close
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