London Design Gold

2026

SkyCone – Drone-Based Traffic Safety System

Entrant

Beijing Institute of Technology

Category

Product Design - Safety

Client's Name

-

Country / Region

China

About The Entry

“Warnings exist to keep people out of danger—but who should step into danger to place them?”

SkyCone is an autonomous drone-based highway safety system that transforms emergency and maintenance operations. By replacing high-risk manual cone placement with intelligent aerial deployment, it rapidly creates secure safety zones, protects frontline workers, and ensures efficient traffic management. With automated takeoff, precise positioning, and dynamic coordination, SkyCone delivers faster, safer, and smarter roadside protection. Its design also enables scalable applications for sudden road hazards such as rockfalls, hazardous or unmanned areas like mines or remote patrols, and extreme weather alerts including icy roads or post-disaster markings—demonstrating how robotics can redefine public safety.

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Credits

Beijing Institute of Technology
Wanzheng Liu
Beijing Institute of Technology
Songyan Pan
Beijing Institute of Technology
Zixu Zhang
Beijing Institute of Technology
Xinhao Guo
Beijing Institute of Technology
Professor Bowen Sun
Beijing Institute of Technology
Qi Jia
Beijing Institute of Technology
Yirui Wang
Beijing Institute of Technology
Yue Pan
Beijing Institute of Technology
Rui Zhuo
Beijing Institute of Technology
Wanying Zhou
Beijing Institute of Technology
Jianing Zhang
Beijing Institute of Technology
Yiwen Yuan
Beijing Institute of Technology
Tianyi Bai
Beijing Institute of Technology
Siqi Li
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