Behind the scenes technology company

Chapter 27 Consumer Drone Design
"Affected by the recent weather, my country's photovoltaic power generation industry reform has faced its first severe test. The solar power generation model is still limited by climate constraints, and coal power, thermal power and hydropower are still indispensable energy components in our country. . Solar power generation is still in a period of rapid development. The new photovoltaic power generation technology developed by Chinese scientists has been maturely applied in major industrial systems. The proportion of clean energy in the country has once again increased, making outstanding contributions to sustainable development."

Turning off the information push on the mobile phone, Wei Lai began to design his own company's consumer-grade drones.It is Wei Lai's own consideration to use consumer-grade drones as the company's first product.As early as the 20s, unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) appeared, and after a long period of development, military applications have been thoroughly popularized, and civilian applications have gradually emerged, with deep applications in photography and agriculture.

As a company with multifunctional unmanned robot technology, it is a good choice for drones to enter the market as consumer goods. Wei Lai directly set his sights on the industry giant Dayu Technology, which has more than 70% of the market share. The well-deserved overlord in the field of robotics, Wei Lai also wanted Dayu Technology to see what it means to be truly leading and what it means to be a real robotics technology company.

There is nothing more convenient and faster than comparing finished products. Before defeating your opponents, your competitors are always the best learning objects.Wei Lai took the arrived Dayu drone and returned to the research center.

First of all, Wei Lai has clearly positioned his products at the consumer level. UAVs in the military industry are far more advanced and complex than the equipment seen on the market, and come in various types. One is the issue of accuracy. Higher accuracy means The second is the problem of wireless transmission. Military-grade drones are protected by satellite systems and have a global flight range. These two points determine that our own drones are only consumer products, and cooperation with military industrial companies is more important. Most of them are customization of core modules.

The market prospect of drones as a consumer product is broad, and there is still a lot of room for digging.Holding the opponent's product data analysis report, Wei Lai only saw two words: comprehensive.For ordinary people, it satisfies the experience of observing the world from different perspectives; for the industry, it improves work efficiency and avoids risks.

When Wei Lai told Su Qian that the company's first product was a drone, research on the drone market had already begun.

There is no product that is perfect from the beginning, and there is no innovation on existing drones. Wei Lai chose the safest and most common competing products of the same type.

The first task of the research center is to miniaturize the "sensory" system.The smallest of our own robots is only two meters tall, and the core module is the size of a drawer, so it is definitely inappropriate to put it on a drone.

With the efforts of scientific researchers and the performance of the "sensory" system reduced by 67%, the research center successfully reduced the "sensory" to the size of a thumb.

Compared to his opponent's drones, Wei Lai pays more attention to automated control. With the help of "senses", in terms of automatic obstacle avoidance and precise positioning, Wei Lai is certain that even the castrated version is not a bit more powerful than the Dayu drone.These are the eyes of our own aircraft
Wei Lai's goal is to maximize strengths and avoid weaknesses.Compared with the opponent's drone, the main direction of its first-generation product has two aspects, ultra-simple control and portability.

The fuselage adopts a quadcopter structure design, and the size of the fuselage determines how many functions can be realized.The miniaturized design is convenient for people to use when traveling. Wei Lai limits the size to the size of a palm and weighs less than 7kg. It is a micro-drone.The combination of such a camera and an aircraft undoubtedly places great demands on the weight of the camera.

Miniaturized finished products require higher precision, but limited by the technical barriers of lithography technology, Wei Lai did not purchase advanced lithography equipment based on his confidence in his own technology, and the precision level of electronic components of his own equipment is not to say leading , but also broke through the micron level.This is also a necessary condition for the "sense" to be the size of a thumb.

As a qualified small aircraft, the importance of the flight control system goes without saying.Smooth flight In a complex and changeable environment, it is not easy to reduce energy consumption and keep the machine running well.Especially smaller aircraft are more easily affected by the wind force in the air, and temperature changes will have adverse effects on sensitive electrical components.

This is the most critical component of the entire drone.The production and manufacture of processors is Wei Lai's weakness, but relying on a huge scientific research team, it is still possible to customize and develop a flight control system suitable for his own use.

With the help of mature drone technology, Wei Lai has crushed his opponents in terms of noise reduction, shock absorption, gimbal, and remote control.

It is worth mentioning the improvement in power. Solar power generation and motor reconstruction are the aspects that the company is good at. For the power supply adapted to UAVs and the application of photovoltaic power generation optimization technology, the battery life of UAVs has been greatly improved.

In the end, software engineering cannot be avoided, and it is also the company's shortcoming that Wei Lai has the most trouble with.Only if you want to achieve excellent image transmission and use a good software system can it be considered a successful product.

Dayu Technology Company's image transmission technology is at the leading level in the industry and is the result of Dayu's own tens of millions of scientific research expenses.Clearer image quality and lower latency are also important weapons for the industry to lead the market.

Humans are visual animals. Clear image quality and low latency are the most intuitive reflections of whether a drone can sell well. It is the feeling that users get through the hardware. If your product has powerful performance, everything is good, and what is displayed in front of the user is With the mosaic quality and laggy images, I believe this product can basically be classified into the garbage category.

This is also Wei Lai's self-research project, image transmission technology.The deep scanning technology has given a lot of inspiration to the scientific research team of the research center, shortening the delay and creating a better data transmission channel, which is the benchmark technology for products facing users.The next step is the operating system. To connect with major platforms, transmit information, and be easy to use, such a software platform is not easy.

After having a team, the work efficiency is indeed extraordinary.While Wei Lai was working hard on the drone product, a disaster was brewing.After a day of discussions on drone design, Wei Lai returned to his office.An Xin came to Wei Lai's office expressionlessly, knocked on the door and entered.

"what's up?"

"The leader is looking for you and has a task."

(End of this chapter)