Damian Chan Portfolio

Consumer Electronics

Class Project 2026

CARGO CUB

A more adaptable way to move what matters.

Critical operations often rely on multiple specialized drones, vehicles, and personnel, creating unnecessary complexity, slower deployment, and limited mission flexibility.

RESEARCH BRIEF

Drones have gotten more capable.
Their missions remain specialized.

Existing drone systems are often designed around specific missions such as delivery, inspection, mapping, or emergency response. While these specialized platforms perform their individual tasks well, they often require multiple drones, equipment, and personnel—adding complexity, slowing deployment, and limiting flexibility in the field.

Why This Matters.

Difficult Terrain

Flexible cargo support
can help close the last-mile
gap and get aid to the people.

Damaged Infasctructure

Remote
Access

people reached by health cluster partners

in critical health supplies dispatched

of the targeted population remained unreached.

PEOPLE REACHED

KEY BARRIERS

OPPORTUNITY

SUPPLIES DISPATCHED

LAST - MILE CHALLENGE

Millions need aid, but the last mile remains one of the biggest challenges in humanitarian response.

SKETCHING / IDEATION

Exploring different forms, proportions, and interactions through rapid concept sketches.

PAYLOAD DOCK INTERFACE

A self-balancing payload system for safer, more stable flight.

The payload rests on four pancake load sensors that read weight distribution. An internal motor then slides it forward or back to balance the center of gravity for safer flight.