Chiquitech racing fpv
The year 2020 marked the onset of my interest in developing wheeled drones. I build few models with catchy brands as a liveries and basically lost interest in it. Even tho I started doing some test for implementing the drones into my own game using Unreal Engine. However I lost the motivation a left the project behind.
My attention was recently captivated by the Stable Diffusion “AI” and the question, if I can use it in my design workflow. If it goes well or it goes bananas!
My initial skepticism about the complexity of AI dissipated as I delved deeper into the capabilities of the control net. Instead of allowing the machine to generate random images, I chose to input my sketches and text prompts into the AI system. The result was countless design variations and color combinations, variying in details but keeping the overall linework and shape language of my own input.
Throughout the process, I continually added more detailed images of my “work in progress” 3D screengrabs to Stable Diffusion, be it in shaded form or rendered screenshots.
And this is the result - a drone with two pronounced pylons for batteries and electronics, which I named Chiquitech Racer. A metal wing connecting both pylons formed the main frame, complemented by a secondary aerodynamic covers in the center.
This drone represents the amalgamation of my work and newly discovered AI technologies. This experience convinced me of the significance of AI in my development pipeline for future projects.
