Project SWAN

Student Team

Tommaso Cinelli (team leader), Daniela Agachi, Mario Capo, Vittorio Di Pietrantonio

Supervisors

Paolo Astori ↗

Competition

2019 Airbus “Fly Your Ideas” contest

Competition type

International student design competition

Sponsorship

Airbus + UNESCO

Ranking

Finalist (one of 7 out of 270)

Smart Wheelchair for Air-travel Needs (SWAN) is an electronic device which aims to revolutionize the air-transportation experience of Passengers with Reduced Mobility (PRM). SWAN converts a redesigned class of detachable airplane seats into wheelchairs, which can be used from check-in to the destination airport and is fully controllable by smartphone through a dedicated app.

1. “Airbus Fly Your Ideas 2019 contest - short videos of finalist teams”, Airbus, June 24, 2019 https://www.airbus-fyi.com/whatsup/ ↗
2. “Fly Your Ideas 2019 contest - full video of final presentations (for Politecnico see 1.36.58 - 1.55.20”, Airbus, June 27, 2019 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DgkPBclLf9k&feature=youtu.be ↗
3. “Il Sole24Ore”, June 28, 2019 https://www.ilsole24ore.com/art/airbus-innovatori-politecnico-milano-arrivano-terzi-AchaqPV ↗
4. “Il Corriere della Sera”, July 1, 2019 https://www.corriere.it/tecnologia/19luglio01/come-si-volera-futuro-gara-mondiale-universita-c-anche-politecnico-milano-99dca740-9bd4-11e9-90e0-91eb5f4a6d20.shtml ↗
5. “Il Corriere della Sera”, July 8, 2019 http://invisibili.corriere.it/2019/07/08/quel-cigno-che-porta-le-persone-con-disabilita-sullaereo/ ↗
6. “Ability Channel”, April 28, 2019 https://www.abilitychannel.tv/sedili-degli-aerei-per-disabili-litalia-in-finale-a-contest-airbus/ ↗
7. “MeteoWeb”, April 23, 2019 http://www.meteoweb.eu/2019/04/airbus-squadra-politecnico-milano-selezionata-finaliste-concorso-fly-your-ideas/1254024/ ↗