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) 2 2 3 2 3 3 2 2 3 1 3 3 2 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16