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UOSON closed in its slim case on the roof of a dark car UOSON lifting off the car's roof with its red beacon on UOSON hovering at night above a crashed car, its dome glowing red

UOSON

A car-mounted drone that warns traffic after a crash.

Red Dot winner, Design Concept 2026Red Dot winner, Design Concept 2026

Rides in a slim case on the roof.

Setting out a warning triangle means walking into traffic. UOSON takes off from the roof instead and puts the warning in the air, where drivers coming up behind see it in time.

StudioYunshang Innovation Technology Studio
Design leadsLongda Huang, Jialin Guo
My roleDesign team

Details

The camera, ringed in orange, inside the clear dome
Clear dome.The camera looks out through a clear shell.
UOSON with its whole dome glowing red
Red beacon.The whole dome lights up red.
An arm tip with its green light, beside the vented body
Lit arms.A light on every arm shows where it is.
The body's back with a button and four small lights
One button.Power and four charge lights.
UOSON from the front, propellers out
UOSON close up: the dome, the front light and the UOSON mark
UOSON seen from below, legs down
UOSON from the front with all four arms spread
The dome and camera seen from below

Goes where the car goes.

An SUV with UOSON's case on the roof, leaving a rock tunnel The same SUV on a mountain road

The warning goes up before anyone steps onto the road.

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