Where simulation modeling of UAV systems can help?
Help determine what assets to invest in and how best to use them
Simulate your business process using different drone systems before making capital commitments
Simulate you information volume handling capability for your overall system
Determine the optimal load capacity and flight times for various jobs
Assess impact of maintenance and unscheduled downtimes on your system productivity
Test communication protocols at both operational and business levels of the system
Operate system in a virtual environment to test constraints and identify bottlenecks
How reliable is your system to handle unexpected failures and disruptions
Use 3D simulation models to communicate the typical use of UAVs to stakeholders, both inside and outside, your organization
Study impact of various regulatory restrictions on your system
Conduct disaster recovery planning and exercises in a virtual environment
What can a drone system simulation analyze?
A drone system comprises of different kinds and quantities of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAV), human operators, ground control stations, communication network, IT systems and other components. Due to the complex nature involving multiple variables, a simulation model of the drone system helps to better design and operate a UAV fleet.
How drones can benefit your industry
Thank you for the quick turn-around [on the fast food drive-thru simulation] and the great optionality that you built into the simulation. It was highly useful in our dealmakers’ discussions with the school district, [surrounding our store]
Fast Food Drive-Thru Simulation
How drones can help
Surveying and mapping lands to identify problems or manage growth; Reduce labor costs and boost production; Monitor cattle and other livestock.
Economic benefits
Agricultural drones will generate an estimated $350 million in revenue in the next 10 years.
Environmental benefits
Drones can map a landscape in an effort to reduce wildfires and protect wildlife.
How drones can help
Survey stockpiles with impressive accuracy at a fraction of the cost; Create 3-D maps of mines, allowing for more accurate production estimates; Dramatically increase productivity while mitigating safety hazards; Mineral exploration.
Economic benefits
Renting a helicopter for site inspection can cost as much a $2,000 per hour whereas hiring a drone operator costs as little as $200 per hour.
Environmental benefits
Drones can assess and measure environmental impacts on the land.
How drones can help
Oil pipeline inspections; Oil spills and damage detection; Gas emission monitoring; Flare stack inspections.
Economic benefits
Drones can inspect the flare stacks while still in production, avoiding a plant shutdown and saving more than $4 million; Using drones for mapping of pipeline routes can identify animal dens in advance, whereas in the past, coming within 5 miles of a polar bear den, for instance, would have meant replanning of routes at a cost of millions of dollars to avoid the animals.
Environmental benefits
The oil spill detection technology allows swift emergency response in order to minimize damage to the surrounding environment.
How drones can help
More frequent track inspections at a fraction of the cost; Help reduce derailments and other safety problems.
Economic benefits
Lower labor costs in the long run: the average salary of a private rail inspector is more than $71,000 per year so equipping those inspectors with drones could allow the same work to be done by far fewer people.
Environmental benefits
The amount of oil imported into California alone jumped over 500% to 6.3 million barrels in the last 2 years. The volume of oil being transported by rail has swelled, leading to an increase in derailments and oil spills. The use of drone technology to monitor rail tracks will significantly reduce the number of derailments and reduce the risk to the environment in proximity to the track.
How drones can help
Use smart drone for transportation. Send things through the air — magically, with the touch of a button. UAVs have the potential to revolutionize last-mile logistics, transforming the way you access things locally.
Economic benefits
More than two thirds of the goods we access everyday weigh less than 1 kilogram. Medicine, documents, electronic goods — our need to transport lightweight goods on-demand, efficiently and cost-effectively is growing every day.
Environmental benefits
A network of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles operating 24/7/365 is able to meet this demand at minimal cost and the smallest carbon footprint of any transportation system ever invented.
Drone system simulation improves decision making in these areas
Using a simulation model to decide on the cost of using humans vs. UAVs to address a business problem.
Identifying locations for ground stations for best coverage.
Experiment with best ways to integrate UAV fleet with existing processes. Test different architectures for control: central vs. distributed. Conduct training and practice runs for surveillance and daily route planning.
Route planning and optimization across a range of applications like firefighting, agriculture & pest control, insurance assessment, aircraft inspection, soil and moisture sampling, pipeline inspection and leaks detection
Support UAV selection to meet the target payload and coverage requirements, define routes, compare demand and fleet capacity to meet business need.
Model recent developments in medicine deliveries via drones to asses suitability for your non-profit. Use an UAV fleet to provide emergency support services to the affected population.
See example of simulation model developed to support UAV network analysis
Our clients say
Thank you for the quick turn-around [on the fast food drive-thru simulation] and the great optionality that you built into the simulation. It was highly useful in our dealmakers’ discussions with the school district, [surrounding our store]
Fast Food Drive-Thru Simulation
Again I wanted to pass on the praise that I have received over the model. The entire team here really appreciates the work that was put into this, and is excited about future developments as well. Here are comments from other team members “Looks amazing. Will blow people away.”, “Really appreciated the partnership on this project.”, “The model looks great!”, “Thank you both this is AWESOME! Shared with a few people this morning and very impactful.”
Production Kitchen Simulation
Thank you very much for your work. We are very impressed with how Mosimtec captured the nuances of our operations and generated insights for our new facility
Energy Infrastructure Manufacturing
This experience was so much better than our previous efforts with other consultants. We appreciate this partnership.
Pharma Manufacturing Simulation
The folks on my team and from the operations group at the plant are very impressed with the models and have asked for other models to assist them in understanding issues. Long story short, thank you very much for the help. Your help these past few weeks since I took the class in Virginia have been tremendously helpful and I truly appreciate your help.
Simulation Training for Pharma Client
The team is extremely impressed with your performance. We believe your participation is important to our success and our future migration to Simio.
Simulation Training for Defense Client
Thank you so much for turning this around so quickly and diving into a wild one [lot design]. These changes help so much in matching up what we see with the drone footage, and it reinforces the hypothesized potential that the right turn at the traffic light could bring. This helps me tremendously. Thank you so much!
Retail Lot Design
Don’t tell my family but this model [that MOSIMTEC built] might rival Christmas for me this year
Leading Fast-Food Chain
Using the simulation you guys helped us build on all our Industrial Engineers and expansion analysis, has added lots of credence/value to our discussions with our Customer and executive team in regards to benefits of capital and process changes!
Spirit Defence
Success here will be exported throughout the world, changing perceptions, pioneering and opening new markets and saving lives. -DroneAmerica.com