

This is the story of how we brought a Chinese autonomous vehicle from concept to prototype in just 5 months.
The challenge. We were contracted by Puppy Robotics, a brand belonging to Seedland in Beijing to build an autonomous vehicle for Chinese gated communities. It would serve as a last mile solution in smart living neighborhoods.
Before beginning with our mission, we had to ask ourselves the following questions:
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The true challenge was to bring this project to life in under 5 months… and we did it.
The outcome. We leveraged the power of Virtual Reality from the early stages of creativity to nail basic proportions and style directions. This also ensured that our client knew precisely what the result would be at any given moment. Seeing the vehicle in its true size, helped us to meaningfully iterate with each new sketch and CAD model. By using multiple single-line radars and smart algorithms, the car can detect the environment, construct a dynamic 3D Map, and simultaneously plan travel routes. It delivers a seamless experience from mobile reservation to facial recognition confirmation, perfect for the fast-growing digitalized Chinese market. Coming up with the ideas, sketches, mockups, manufacturable 3D data, and communication visuals for an entire vehicle in record time, is one of the reasons this earned us the iF design award.
Alexandre has been growing and developing his creativity at designaffairs for over 8 years, working on a wide range of projects with a preference for investment goods, his love and passion. Currently he is producing economically and environmentally sustainable concepts – using transformative emerging technologies. The world of tomorrow is always on his mind.
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