Press Release
Scarecrow Plant Protection Drone by Guangpeng Yue Receives the A' Design Award in Agricultural Tools, Farming Equipment and Machinery Design
Guangpeng Yue recognized for agricultural tools, farming equipment and machinery design by the international grand jury of the 2020 - 2021 A' Design Award & Competition
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COMO, Italy, April 23, 2021 /DesignNewswire/ A' Design Award & Competition has confirmed the A' Design Award in the Agricultural Tools, Farming Equipment and Machinery Design category for Scarecrow Plant Protection Drone by Guangpeng Yue, designed for LuXun Academy of Fine Arts. The result belongs to the 2020 - 2021 A' Design Award & Competition and was determined through blind peer review by an international grand jury panel of established academics, design professionals and press members, who assessed anonymized entries against predetermined criteria.
What the A' Design Award Means
The Iron A' Design Award is awarded to good designs that meet the rigorous professional and industrial standards set by the A' Design Awards. This recognition is reserved for works that demonstrate a solid understanding of design principles and show creativity within their execution. Recipients of the Iron A' Design Award are acknowledged for their practical innovations and contributions to their respective fields, providing solutions that improve quality of life and foster positive change. These designs are a testament to the skill and dedication of their creators, showcasing their ability to address real-world challenges through thoughtful design.
More About Scarecrow Plant Protection Drone
Scarecrow is a plant protection drone designed for farmland use. The drone completes spraying operations and returns to its base through program control. An eight axis redundant design and an adaptive power protection algorithm allow safe flight even if one axis fails. A sound system plays bird calls to move birds away from the fields without harming them. The main frame is made of carbon fiber, the link parts are 3D printed titanium alloy, and the rotors are injection molded. The rotors also collect wind energy for self charging while the drone waits.
Award Record
This recognition makes Guangpeng Yue a winner of 2 A' Design Awards. All of the awards belong to the 2020 - 2021 edition of the A' Design Award & Competition.
About the A' Agricultural Tools, Farming Equipment and Machinery Design Award
The A' Agricultural Equipment Design Award is an international design competition recognizing good design in agricultural equipment and farming tools worldwide. The competition is organized within the A' Design Award & Competition and is open to agricultural equipment designers, farm machinery engineers, industrial designers and innovators from all countries. Entries typically include tractors, harvesters, plows, irrigation systems, seeders and sprayers. Awarded agriculture equipment designs are published at https://dezigners.org/design-category/agricultural-equipment
About A' Design Award & Competition
A' Design Award & Competition is an international, juried design accolade organized annually since 2008. The competition is open to entries from all countries. The A' Design Award has a philanthropic mission to advance society through good design by recognizing and promoting superior products, projects and services that benefit society, and by creating a global awareness and appreciation for good design practices and principles. Entries are peer reviewed and anonymously evaluated by an international grand jury panel of established academics, design professionals and press members against predetermined criteria such as functionality, ergonomics, engineering, presentation, innovation, usability, sustainability and technology, with score normalization applied to remove biases. Awards are conferred at Platinum, Gold, Silver, Bronze and Iron levels. The A' Design Prize granted to eligible laureates includes the award trophy, the certificate of design excellence, the hardcover yearbook, a lifetime license to use the A' Design Award winner logo, exhibition of awarded works, an invitation to the gala night and award ceremony in Italy, inclusion in the World Design Rankings and Designer Rankings, and public relations and publicity services. Registration, the upload of a work and the preliminary score are free of charge, and Professional and Digital Edition laureates are not contractually obliged to pay further fees to claim the A' Design Prize. Further information is available at https://competition.adesignaward.com
Press Resources
- Winner Page: https://dezigners.org/119830
- A' Design Award Page: https://competition.adesignaward.com/119830
- Media Showcase: https://www.designnewsroom.com/!119830
- Laureate Profile: https://dezigners.org/d/298608
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Fact Sheet
The Work
- Project
- Scarecrow Plant Protection Drone
- Function
- Plant Protection Drone
- Category
- Agricultural Tools, Farming Equipment and Machinery Design
- Discipline
- Industrial Design
- Industry
- Manufacturing
- Colors
- Gainsboro, White Smoke, Silver, Dark Gray and Gray
- Images
- 5
- Client
- LuXun Academy of Fine Arts
The Recognition
- Laureate
- Guangpeng Yue
- Country
- China
- Recognition
- A' Design Award
- Edition
- 2020 - 2021
- Design ID
- #119830
Credits
- Team
- Fengze Li, Hang Yin, Lin Xia, Hongbo Ren, Ziming Yang, Haitao Yuan, Siyu Ding, Mengyao Gao, Zhiyuan Guo, Yingyi Li, Jiayang Zhang and Huaidong Yang and others
Design Details
- Unique Properties
- The product completes plant protection operations and homing through program control, and collects wind energy through its own rotor to complete self charging. 8 axis redundant design with adaptive power protection algorithm. The main body of the scarecrow is equipped with a sound system to disperse the birds around the farmland by playing the screams of birds, so as to protect the farmland while not harming the birds.
- Inspiration
- So far, the food famine caused by the locust plague has been a problem that people all over the world are suffering. The source of the overall design of the Scarecrow is the abstract simplification of the organic form of the branches, and the fuselage and bracket adopt an integrated streamline form.
- Research
- Scarecrow has an 8 axis redundant design, combined with an adaptive power protection algorithm, even if one axis fails during flight, it can maintain safe flight. The product comes with audio module, charging module and camera module. When the drone battery is full, the excess battery will be transferred to the docking pole.
- Challenge
- Our challenge is to integrate form and function, taking into account the aesthetics of form and functionality.
- Realization and Technology
- 8 axis redundant design, adaptive power protection algorithm, pesticide spraying control technology, the main frame uses carbon fiber high temperature molding process, the link part uses 3 D printing titanium alloy, and the rotor and other parts use injection molding process.
- Operation and Interaction
- Use the set program to automatically complete the plant protection operation. After completion, it will use its own data cloud and GPS to accurately locate the location and stand by. During the waiting process, the charging module is connected to the docking column, the self charging is completed by collecting wind energy from its own rotor.
- Project Duration and Location
- The project started in Shenyang, Liaoning Province in September 2020 and ended in Shenyang, Liaoning Province in December 2020.
- Specifications
- Length 1200 mm, width 400 mm, the diameter of each shaft is 343 mm.
- Keywords
- Plant protection, pesticide spraying, drones, automation, hunger reduction.
