About

The Client is a European startup that provides automated car washing services. Their service works as follows: when ordering and paying for an automated car wash via a mobile app, a customer shares their car s license plate number, which is then stored in the wash station s server queue. When a car drives in the wash, a camera scans the license plate, and the wash starts if a match is found in the active server queue.

Challenge

To bring their automated car washing concept to life, the Client had developed image recognition software and the main server. They also had set up all communication between the server, the cameras, and car wash hardware. To complete the solution, the Client needed to implement customer mobile apps (to order a wash, input a license plate number, send payment) and a web administration app (to enable queue monitoring for different wash stations and allow manual wash launch in case of automation errors). However, the Client lacked competencies in developing such software.

Solution

The Client turned to VolgoTechnologies and received consulting on web and mobile solutions from a BA. Since the Client wanted mobile apps to target both Android and iOS, it was decided to choose React Native as the core technology.

VolgoTechnologies team of a React Native developer (responsible for developing an admin web app and customer mobile apps), a backend engineer (web app back end and integrations with the existing software infrastructure), and a testing engineer was assigned to work on the project under the Agile methodology. The project lasted for about a year.

Staging

Data Ware House

Data Ware House

Desktop Application

Results

Thanks to VolgoTechnologies team leveraging cross-platform React Native technology, the Client was able to minimize development investments. The Client is now expanding their business to target organizations in need of bulk car washing, and plans to involve VolgoTechnologies in this initiative.

Technologies and Tools

React Native, React, Flux, Material-UI, Docker, NGINX, Git, Firebase, Laravel, MySQL, Google Cloud Platform.