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Hybrid robot-5-23-12-umn-final_presentation
1. Hybrid Robot
[a lab prototype]
Niche Markets
$100M
• Special Forces
• Law Enforcement
• First Responders
New Markets
$500M
• Security, Surveillance
• Educational
• Retail, Toys
TEAM 1- Hybrid Robot, University of Minnesota
A Robot for Joint Ground and Airborne Operations
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2. TEAM 1- Hybrid Robot, University of Minnesota
A Robot for Joint Ground and Airborne Operations
Mike Bazakos – EL
UMN, Industrial R&D and
Technology Transfer
Nikos Papanikolopoulos – PI
UMN, Distributed Robotics (DR)
and Computer Vision (CV)
Steve Savitt – IM
ATK, Industrial R&D
and Insertion
Hybrid Robot
[a lab prototype]
Dario Canelon
-Suarez (PhD student)
DR Lab/Webinars
Guru Somasundaram
(PhD student, CV)
Interview support
OUR TEAM Ravi Sivalingam
(PhD student, CV)
Lab support
3. Hybrid Robot Team 1 (UMN)
• Resource for
ruggedization
• Resource for
S.W.A.P.
• Resource for
aero-engineering
• Resource for
precision
manufacturing
• Develop alpha
prototype
• Develop beta
prototype
• Establish
production
• Facilities for
manufacturing
• IP (patents, etc.)
• Human capital
• Funding sources
• Cost of selling
• Cost of unit production
• Cost of support and training
• Cost of market share capture
• Asset sales or leasing
• Fixed pricing with product
options
• Volume pricing
• Internal sales force
• Outside sales
agents
• Personal support
• Dedicated
support
personnel by
customer
segment
Existing Markets
• DOD Special Ops
• IEDs/Bomb squads
New Markets
• Fire/police
• NBC handling
• Prisons
• Newness
• Getting the job
done
• Convenience
/usability
• Job safety
THE ORIGINAL IDEA
4. Initial Hypothesis Tested
The optimum market would be the
same as current market for the
Ground Scout Robot (Defense and
First Responders)
5. ACADEMIA
ICRA Conference
UMN Mechanical Engineering
UMN CS&CE
UMN School of Agriculture
Depts: Plant Pathology
Biosystems Horticulture
Entomology Agronomy
AGRICULTURE
UMN Biosystems & Agricultural
Engineering
MN Agricultural & Water
Resource Center
MN Corn Crowers Association
MN Soybean Association
Individual Mid/Large Production
Farmers (1,000+ acres)
GOVERNMENT
Naval Post-Graduate School
UNMC (The Marines)
TSWG (DOD)
US Army
Law Enforcement
MSP Airport PD
INDUSTRY
Willow Garage
Target Corporation
Alliant Tech Systems (ATK)
Honeywell
Lockheed Martin
3M
Johnson Controls
Best Buy
We went out and talked to 108 groups &
individuals
6. What we found!
• Potential market for agricultural
applications is 10X larger
• We have a potential Market
Segment Pivot: Agriculture
7. Typical Agriculture Customers
• Farmers with basic farming
equipment (tractor, plows, etc.)
• Buy services that use more
expensive equipment (aircraft
spraying, harvesting machines, etc.)
9. Hybrid Robot Team 1 (UMN)
• Resource for
ruggedization
• Resource for
S.W.A.P.
• Resource for
aero-engineering
• Resource for
precision
manufacturing
• Develop alpha
prototype
• Develop beta
prototype
• Establish
production
• Facilities for
manufacturing
• IP (patents, etc.)
• Human capital
• Funding sources
• Cost of selling
• Cost of unit production
• Cost of support and training
• Cost of market share capture
• Asset sales or leasing
• Fixed pricing with product
options
• Volume pricing
• Internal sales force
• Outside sales
agents
• Personal support
• Dedicated
support
personnel by
customer
segment
• Existing markets
• DOD Special Ops
• IEDs/Bomb
squads
• First Responders
• New markets
• Agriculture
• Fire/police
• NBC handling
• Prisons
• Newness
• Getting the job
done
• Convenience
/usability
• Job safety
PIVOT: New Market Segment
10. Next Hypothesis Tested
The hybrid robot would have
sufficient air time range and payload
capacity for intended application
11. What we found!
• Agricultural farms tend to be very large areas
(2,000+ acres)
• Very long air times would be required (several
hours vs. 15 min max supported by the hybrid
robot)
• We Need a Technology Pivot: Use a separate,
larger ground robot to carry, launch, recover,
and re-charge the air robot
12. Hybrid Robot Team 1 (UMN)
• Resource for
ruggedization
• Resource for
S.W.A.P.
• Resource for
aero-engineering
• Resource for
precision
manufacturing
• Develop alpha
prototype
• Develop beta
prototype
• Establish
production
• Facilities for
manufacturing
• IP (patents, etc.)
• Human capital
• Funding sources
• Our Loper
ground robot
• Cost of selling
• Cost of unit production
• Cost of support and training
• Cost of market share capture
• Asset sales or leasing
• Fixed pricing with product
options
• Volume pricing
• Internal sales force
• Outside sales
agents
• Personal support
• Dedicated
support
personnel by
customer
segment
• Existing markets
• DOD Special Ops
• IEDs/Bomb
squads
• First Responders
• New markets
• Agriculture
• Fire/police
• NBC handling
• Prisons
• Newness
• Getting the job
done
• Convenience
/usability
• Job safety
PIVOT: New Technology [we already have it: Loper Robot]
13. Next Hypothesis Tested
Farmers (especially the small ones) are
more likely to lease the product or buy
service instead of buying the product
14. • Farmers want to see an actual
demonstration, preferably at their
farm, before they would purchase
the service or the product
• Therefore one or more fairly robust
prototypes would be required to be
built
What we found!
15. • Buy product: The product must be
easy to use, pay for itself in 2 years
and must be working for 5+ years
• Buy Service: A typical expectation is
10+% net profit [*] increase.
• Business Pivot: Consider lease
and/or service options
[*] combined benefit of cost reduction and
yield increase
What we found (continued)!
16. • New Markets
(primary focus)
• Agriculture
• Infrastructure
Inspection &
Protection
• Niche Existing
Markets (secondary)
•Special Ops
• IEDs/Bomb
squads
• First
responders
Getting the
job done:
Cheaper, faster,
easier and safer
Provide:
Convenience
& usability
• Internal sales
force
• Outside sales
agents
• Personal support
• Dedicated support
personnel by
customer segment
• Asset sales and service
• Fixed pricing with product
options
• Volume pricing
• Facilities for
manufacturing
• IP (patents, etc.)
• Human capital
• Funding sources
• Our Loper
ground robot
• Develop alpha
prototype
• Develop beta
prototype
• Establish production
• Resource for
ruggedization
• Resource for
S.W.A.P.
• Resource for
aero-engineering
• Resource for
precision
manufacturing
• Service
providers
• Cost of selling/lease/service
• Cost of unit production
• Cost of support and training
• Cost of market share capture
Hybrid Robot Team 1 (UMN)
Our Final Version (has 3 pivots)
17. End-user DomainManufacturerUniversityof Minnesota
Hybrid Robot IP Flow
HybridRobotTechnology
PrincipalInvestigator
RoboticsLabStaff
Officeof
Technology
Licensing
RoboticsPlatform
Company
Sales/
Lease/Service
Distribution
Network
Industry-specific
Distributor/
Support
Customer
19. Market Share Update
(Beating Swords into Plowshares!)
TAM
$5B
SAM
$1B
Target
Market
$100M
TAM
$500B
SAM
$10B
Target
Market
$1B
Military Market
[Source: UMN Scout Robot experience]
Agriculture Market
[Source: US Dept. of Agriculture]
26. American agriculture landscape as of 2007
• Number of farms: 2,204,792 (75,810 more farms than in 2002)
• Acres in farms: 922,095,840 (Loss of over 6 million acres since
2002)
• Farms enrolled in conservation programs: 346,231 Farms
(38,547,450 Acres)
• 125,000 farms produced 75% of the value of US agriculture
production
• Government Payments: $8 billion, averaging $9,523 per farm.
• Average per farm production expenses: $109,359
• Female Operators: 306,209 (a 30% increase from 2002)
Source: USDA (US Dept. of Agriculture) - 2007 Census of Agriculture
US Department of Agriculture
Editor's Notes
A revolutionary mini robotic platform capable of both ground and air locomotion to enable remote piloting of a camera or other payload via ground and/or air for complex missions by the Special Forces and Law Enforcement Agencies
We started with the team of 3 but then we quickly realized that the intensity of tasks required to increase the size of our team.