Urban Mobility Battery Swap
Building an Automated Battery Swap System For A Faster Turnaround Time
Current Battery Swap System
Requires significant operator input & skill for proper orientation during insertion of battery.
The operator has to take the tolerance of the aircraft into acccount and maintain the sliding angle while inserting or removing the battery pack.
The current process adequately desmonstrates the concept, but further refinement is needed to support the vision.
We are building an Automated Battery Swap System
To increase the turnaround time for eVTOL (electric Vertical Take-Off and Landing) vehicles.
This repeatable & rapid swap will help reduce human effort, increase flights and decrease the cost of service.
With a higher level of automation, our proposed battery replacement vechicle will be able to complete 12 swaps every hour ~ 5 mins per swap.
Autonomous Docking Procedure of Battery Replacement Vehicle
A combination of the following sensor susbystems help in autonomously docking the Battery Replacement Vehicle (BRV) with the aerial vehicle.
Proximity Sensors (Parallel & Y axis alignment)
Laser-Photodiode Array (X & Z axis alignment)
Alignment Cones (Final precision alignment)
Here is a fun video explaining the need of an automated battery swap system along with our proposed design for a BRV. Hope you enjoy it!
