Technology

Help Bell Flight Design an Autonomous Air Vehicle transportation system of the future.

The Opportunity

The Autonomous Air Vehicles that Bell Flight are working on have some amazing capabilities. One notable advantage is that they are fully autonomous, which means there is no need for a pilot! Another advantage is their ability to take-off vertically. Bell calls them VTOL’s (Vertical Take Off and Landing) air vehicles. Think of a helicopter, but the propeller blades can also rotate to propel the vehicle forward through the air as fast as a plane! This creates a very versatile vehicle that can transport things very quickly but also land very precisely.

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With all of these capabilities, there are a lot of potential opportunities for Autonomous Air Vehicles in the near future. Personal and public transportation, cargo transportation, and emergency operations such as fire fighting and medical evacuations all can be greatly improved with the capabilities of an AAV. Bell flight wants your help to identify possible target markets
(people or companies that could use an AAV), design the interior cabin space for the target market you identify, and decide what the human interaction should look like for the next generation of fully Autonomous Air Vehicles.

The Mission

Identify a Target Market: What companies, institutions, organizations, or people would benefit from being able to use this new mode of transportation? The first challenge is to find a target market that has a particular use and the infrastructure to get these AAV’s to the people that need them most. Possible partners include Uber, Red Cross, Forest Services, Children’s Hospitals, Remote Medical Supply Delivery services, School Bus Co., UPS, the sky’s the limit!
Design the Cabin Interior: Design what the cabin should look like for the target market you have identified. Your design should include everything from how you enter the AAV, what the seating or storage looks like, what method of communication is used to control the take off, destination, and landing of your AAV, as well as other features that add to the AAV experience.