Green supplied the computer-aided designs (CAD) for the drones and DPG tailored his designs to its manufacturing processes, engineered the models onto 3-D printing machinery and manufactured the final prototypes now on display in the Design Museum. The process itself involved developing complex structures with the 3-D printing equipment and engineering the fits for the wings of one drone so they held in place at different positions.
“Working with the AMRC has been an opportunity to explore what the future of drone technology could look like, using today’s cutting edge 3-D technologies,” said Green. “As well as being an incredible tool with which to design a prototype, additive manufacturing techniques are set to become increasingly common in the development of unmanned aerial vehicles, which the AMRC is well positioned to engage with.”
