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Yahoo
2 days ago
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Wingcopter Leverages Ansys Technology to Scale Drone Delivery of Medical Supplies
Wingcopter refines its drone designs with simulation, increasing flight distance while retaining payload capacity and delivering essential supplies faster / Key Highlights Wingcopter develops drones that can autonomously deliver vital supplies to hard-to-reach areas, including vaccines, medicine, blood/other lab samples, and medical equipment — speeding deliveries and cutting costs Supported by Ansys, Wingcopter leverages simulation to accelerate virtual prototyping of its drone technology, enabling robust, scalable product design that could increase the flight range by over 10% Ansys' technology easily connects to Wingcopter's legacy tools, empowering teams to follow rigorous R&D processes and complete stringent certification requirements PITTSBURGH, June 12, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Supported by Ansys (NASDAQ: ANSS) simulation technology and Ansys Apex Channel Partner CADFEM Germany GmbH, Wingcopter is developing cutting-edge drone technology to deliver vital supplies to hard-to-reach areas, including vaccines, medicine, blood/other lab samples, and medical equipment, in addition to long-rage LiDAR surveying services for infrastructure inspection. Through this collaboration, Wingcopter identified and optimized payload solutions for its drone that could increase the flight range by over 10% — delivering more resources to more people. Designing vertical takeoff and landing (VTOL) aircraft for a smooth transition from hover to cruise requires engineering for flexible propulsion systems, aerodynamics, energy efficiency, and safety. Wingcopter relies on Ansys' multiphysics and safety analysis solutions to validate its drone design featuring a redundant battery system and eight motors, four with tiltrotor technology for enhanced transition to cruising. Simulation helps Wingcopter estimate drone performance across diverse conditions — strong winds, heavy rains, various altitudes, and more. The simulations are compared to field tests and operational data, and the results are fed back into the virtual environment creating a data-driven design loop that enables rapid optimization of parts for better performance and safety. Wingcopter enhanced and certified its drone design by leveraging multiple Ansys multiphysics simulation solutions: Ansys Discovery™ 3D simulation software family of products to facilitate simulation setup Ansys LS-DYNA® structural simulation software to analyze the crash behavior of the landing gears Ansys Fluent™ fluid simulation software to understand aircraft aerodynamics and rotating propeller dynamics for seamless transition from hover to cruise Ansys medini® analyze™ safety analysis software to develop the required assessments to meet safety certification standards of different international aviation authorities "Simulation helps our teams analyze and optimize our drone design, as well as evaluate individual problems on a level of detail that is often not possible or very difficult to test," said George Robson, team lead for mechanical engineering and aerodynamics at Wingcopter. "By leveraging Ansys' sophisticated modeling, we can refine every aspect of drone performance, ensuring unparalleled efficiency, reliability, and innovation in aerial solutions." "Ansys simulation empowers customers to move beyond linear product development and embrace comprehensive design loops for more innovative and efficient solutions," said Walt Hearn, senior vice president of worldwide sales and customer excellence at Ansys. "As the requirements for autonomous unmanned aerial vehicles grow more complex, Ansys technology can efficiently manage and adapt to these demands without compromising performance or accuracy. This ensures that our solutions remain effective and reliable, even as the scope of projects expands, helping our customers like Wingcopter continue to push the envelope." Visit Ansys at the Paris Air Show June 16-19, Booth AB168 Hall 4 to see Wingcopter and Ansys technology on display. / About Ansys Our Mission: Powering Innovation that Drives Human Advancement™ When visionary companies need to know how their world-changing ideas will perform, they close the gap between design and reality with Ansys simulation. For more than 50 years, Ansys software has enabled innovators across industries to push boundaries by using the predictive power of simulation. From sustainable transportation to advanced semiconductors, from satellite systems to life-saving medical devices, the next great leaps in human advancement will be powered by Ansys. Ansys and any and all ANSYS, Inc. brand, product, service and feature names, logos and slogans are registered trademarks or trademarks of ANSYS, Inc. or its subsidiaries in the United States or other countries. All other brand, product, service and feature names or trademarks are the property of their respective owners. ANSS–C / Contacts Media Mary Kate Investors Kelsey View original content to download multimedia: SOURCE Ansys
Reuters
19-02-2025
- Business
- Reuters
Ansys beats fourth-quarter estimates on simulation software demand
Feb 19 (Reuters) - Ansys (ANSS.O), opens new tab beat analysts' estimates for fourth-quarter revenue and profit on Wednesday, indicating strength in demand for its artificial intelligence-based tools and engineering software solutions, sending its shares up 2% after the bell. Simulation software is used by engineers, researchers and chip designers across industries for a quick and effective way to analyze products virtually before their market launch. Adding generative AI into the design process helps users save time and costs. Ansys, which makes software used in creating products from airplanes to tennis rackets of players such as Novak Djokovic, reported revenue of $882.2 million for the quarter ended December 31. Analysts, on average, estimated revenue at $863.5 million, according to data compiled by LSEG. The Pennsylvania-based company offers AI solutions such as its customer support chatbot AnsysGPT and a cloud-enabled product SimAI, which uses simulation results to assess the performance of a new design within minutes. Ansys' products compete with Autodesk's (ADSK.O), opens new tab Fusion 360, AutoCAD and Dassault Systemes' ( opens new tab Solidworks. Excluding items, the company earned $4.44 per share in the fourth quarter, compared with the estimate of $3.93 per share. Last month, the European Commission approved Ansys' takeover by chip design software maker Synopsys (SNPS.O), opens new tab, with conditions to the $35 billion cash-and-stock deal announced in January 2024. To relieve competition concerns resulting from the deal, the commission said both companies have agreed to divest Synopsys' optics and photonics software and Ansys' PowerArtist software. Ansys agreed to sell PowerArtist — a tool used to analyze and reduce power to enable power-efficient design — to electronic equipment maker Keysight Technologies (KEYS.N), opens new tab this January.
