Modular Goods Access Terminal for Indoor-Outdoor UAV Delivery
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing goods delivery terminals are limited to single deployment environments, primarily outdoor spaces, and cannot be conveniently deployed indoors, restricting user access to goods delivery.
Innovation Solution
A modular goods delivery terminal comprising multiple modules that can be assembled in various configurations, allowing deployment in both outdoor and indoor environments, enabling flexible transfer of goods between a UAV and a user.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If an all-in-one structure is used for the goods delivery terminal, then the structure is simple and easy to manufacture, but the terminal can only be deployed in outdoor open spaces and cannot be deployed indoors
Solution Approach 1:
The goods delivery terminal is divided into multiple independent modules: a first module for UAV landing, a second module for user goods access, and transport modules for connecting them. These modules can be assembled in different configurations to adapt to various deployment environments (outdoor or indoor), resolving the contradiction between versatility and complexity by allowing modular reconfiguration rather than requiring a completely different design for each scenario.
Solution Approach 2:
The modular design creates a universal terminal structure that can function in multiple deployment scenarios. The same set of modules can be arranged differently to serve both outdoor open spaces and indoor building environments, making the terminal multi-functional and adaptable to diverse applications without requiring environment-specific customizations.
2Ease of operation
If the terminal is designed for outdoor deployment only, then the structure is simplified, but user access to goods is restricted and inconvenient
Solution Approach 1:
By segmenting the terminal into separate functional modules (UAV landing module, user access module, transport modules), the design enables flexible deployment configurations that can place the user access module conveniently located indoors while maintaining outdoor UAV landing capability, thus improving user convenience without sacrificing deployment flexibility.
3Adaptability or versatility
If a modular design is implemented to enable multiple deployment configurations, then adaptability to different environments is improved, but device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The terminal is segmented into standardized modules with defined interfaces and functions. This segmentation allows different numbers and types of modules to be combined in various configurations (e.g., one-to-one, one-to-many relationships between modules) to meet different deployment requirements, achieving high adaptability while keeping each individual module relatively simple and manageable.
Solution Approach 2:
The modular architecture introduces dynamic configurability to the terminal system. Modules can be dynamically added, removed, or reconfigured based on specific deployment needs (indoor vs. outdoor, single UAV vs. multiple UAVs), allowing the system to adapt its complexity level to match the actual operational requirements rather than being permanently complex for all scenarios.
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AI summary
A goods delivery terminal comprises a first module (100), a second module (200), a third module (300), and a fourth module (400). The third module (300) and the fourth module (400) are capable of transporting goods in a first direction and a second direction respectively, and the second direction intersects the first direction; At least one of the third module (300) and the fourth module (400) is capable of being solely arranged between the first module (100) and the second module (200), and is capable of independently transporting the goods from the second module (200) to the first module (100) and from the first module (100) to the second module (200); the third module (300) and the fourth module (400) are also capable of being arranged together between the first module (100) and the second module (200), and are capable of relay transporting the goods from the second module (200) to the first module (100) and from the first module (100) to the second module (200).