Bronze Sporting Goods, Fitness and Recreation Equipment Design · 2020
Alvix Multifunctional Drone
by Yu-Ling Lien and Jia-Xin Liu
- A' Design Award 2020 Bronze Winner in Sporting Goods, Fitness and Recreation Equipment Design
- Awarded April 15, 2020
- Estimated Number of Design Views: 25,227
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About Alvix Multifunctional Drone
Alvix is a multifunctional drone designed for people who practice extreme sports alone. The cylinder-shaped body is transformable and holds two axes that extend and store the propellers. The propellers are pulled out for flight and pushed in for compact carrying in a pack, while the closed body protects the machinery from impact. Alvix connects to a smartwatch and a smartphone, tracks the user automatically and accepts basic commands. A safety system makes the drone ring and shine when danger is detected, so rescue can be faster.
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- Unique Properties
- ALVIX is specially designed for extreme sports players, who always carry heavy equipment and do high-risk activities alone. For easing the burden of carrying drone and elevate the anti-collision ability, ALVIX is built in a transformable cylinder-shaped body for both easy storage for user and strong protection for machinery.
Moreover, the alarm system equipped in ALVIX will beep and shine when the smartwatch detects the user in danger. With light and alarm, we can make rescue more efficient. - Dimensions & Packaging
- w100mm x d100mm x h105mm
- Tags
- Drone, Extreme Sports, Sports, Outdoor, Product Design, Portable, Safety
- Project Duration
- The concept was designed in June 2017 in Taiwan.
- Operation Flow
- ALVIX features a cylinder-shaped and equipped with two axes for extending and storing the propellers. Users can pull the propellers in and out by the axes when using or storing and carry it in packs easily.
Moreover, ALVIX is able to be connected to smartwatch and smartphone and track them automatically so that the user can give basic command to drone directly and activate the Safety System to make the drone ring and shine to improve rescue efficiency when emergency happened. - Research
- Outdoor activity trend is growing in recent years. People engage in these activities to improve both physical and mental health, however, the trend has increased the rate of accident. Since accidents mainly happened in wildness, it not only takes longer time to take actions but also harder for rescue teams to locate where the injured is.
We analyzed people’s surroundings, behavior ability, activity process and so on, aiming at fixing the problems that they will face in different stages. - Inspiration
- Outdoor activity trend is growing in recent years, however, the trend has increased the rate of accident. In the meantime, more and more sports players keen on recording their enjoyable sport time by technology advance.
Accordingly, we try to combine the two spheres above, outdoor activity and technology advance, and re-integrating the shape and function, focus on all aspect of user to not only make the sport safer but also create more excitement! - Image Credits
- Yu-Ling Lien, Jia-Xin Liu, 2017