Drone Olympics

INTRODUCTION

UAV market is one of the fastest growing market today. Starting from expensive military UAVs or small consumer toys, UAVs are now venturing into commercial space, be it basic surveillance, photography, site inspections, monitoring crops, collecting geographical data, delivery services. Avenues are limitless.

                                 

Here come the opportunity for all the UAV manufacturing enthusiasts to showcase the capabilities of the Drones they are manufacturing.

Government of India is organizing a "Drone Olympics' under which various drone competitions shall be held and winners will be honoured with medals and Cash Prize.

Come forward and participate in the competition.

Venue

Air Force Station Yelahanka,
Bengaluru, Karnataka - 560063
India

Date of Competition

21 Feb 2019

A. Surveillance Competition

To determine the surveillance capability of the participant’s products. Due to the differences in capability for various configurations of UAVs, the competition is split into two broad categories:

• Fixed VTOL (Multirotor)
• Hybrid Designs

The weight classes that shall be considered for the competition are:

• 4 Kilograms
• 4-7 Kilograms

Evaluation Criteria

The candidates shall be evaluated on the following (in order of priority) three parameters, with scores given based on weighted averages of each category:

• Flight Time (40% Weightage)
• Live Transmission Range in Full HD/1080p resolution in “Free band” S & C (40% Weightage)
• Detection of Human sized targets (20% Weightage)

In the case of a tie, the winner shall be determined based on the Flight time first, then the Live transmission range, and then the detection of the human sized targets.

The competitions are defined below:

Electric Pure VTOL (Multirotor)

• Competition 1: < 4 Kilograms
• Competition 2: 4 - 7 Kilograms

Electric Hybrid Designs

• Competition 5: < 4 Kilograms
• Competition 6: 4 - 7 Kilograms

B. Weight Drop Challenge

To assess the weight dropping capability of UAVs.

Evaluation Criteria

Participants shall be judged based on the MTOW weight of the UAV that is required to complete a round trip deliver a 2 Kilogram weight to a designated target 2 Kilometers away. The winner shall be determined by the lightest machine that drops the weight successfully.

C. UAV Formation Flying Challenge

Two categories of UAVs are allowed to participate in this challenge

• Fixed VTOL (Multirotor)
• Hybrid UAV

The applicants, with 12 UAVs, shall demonstrate the following shapes in the vertical plane:

• A Minus Sign (Minimum 5 UAVs)
• A Formation (Minimum 5 UAVs)
• A Three Spokes (Minimum 7 UAVs)
• A Division Sign (Minimum 7 UAVs)
• A Plus Sign (Minimum 9 UAVs)
• A Multiplication Sign (Minimum 9 UAVs)
• A Triangle Shape (Minimum 9 UAVs)
• A Square Shape (Minimum 12 UAVs)
• A “I” Letter Shape (Minimum 12 UAVs)
• A “O” Shape (Minimum 12 UAVs)

Evaluation Criteria

• Static Demonstration of the Shape for at least 30 seconds
• Shapes requiring the same number of UAVs need to be done in the same flight.