top of page
Winners at AUVSI IARC 2011
Team IFOR represented by Ayanava Sarkar, Saptadeep Debnath and Shrey Iyengar won the Drones for Good University Challenge held on 25th November, 2015 at Burj Park by Dubai government's Space Agency, Mohammed Bin Rashid Space Center (MBRSC).
A panel of 5 judges, all part of UAE Mars Mission, 2021 from the Mohammed Bin Rashid Space Centre (UAE Space Agency) evaluated the presentations of all the finalists and judged Team IFOR as the winners of the inaugural Drones for Good University Challenge. In the process, they defeated top teams from American University of Sharjah, Emirates Aviation University, Manipal University to name a few.
Mission Statement
Initially, we were chosen as one of the six finalists from a pool of over 50 other teams from various other colleges. In the final, the teams had to come up with a full technical and feasible solution, of the problem statement, of "Monitoring a Football Match using an Unmanned Aerial Vehicle". Further, in the final, we were given 45 minutes to extend their existing idea to monitor crowd during a post football match parade of the winning team.
 |
|---|
 |
 |
 |
Team IFOR Ranked 1st at the 21st Edition of the International Aerial Robotics Competition (IARC) organised by the Association of Unmanned Vehicles Systems International (AUVSI). The International Aerial Robotics Competition is the longest running collegiate aerial robotics challenge in the world. Entering its third decade of advancing the state of the art in autonomous aerial robotic behavior, the competition continues to tackle challenges that are currently impossible for any flying robots owned by government or industry. The Team prides in being the only team from the U.A.E. to achieve this feat. IFOR also received several commendations from worlds class University teams including: University of Michigan, Embry Riddle, South Dakota School of Mines, Georgia Tech, etc.
MISSION 2011
A “military” facility with unknown indoor dimensions/layout must be infiltrated through a 1m X 1m window. The vehicle must navigate the structure and avoid obstacles such as furniture with absolutely no human interference. The target is known to be located in the office of the “Chief of Security”, although the location of this room is unknown it can be found by recognizing signboards within the facility or by scanning each room for the target.
The target must be retrieved after dropping a decoy in its place. This must be accomplished without setting off laser barrier alarms (locations unknown) or being detected by the one camera present.
Winners at DFG University Challenge 2015
bottom of page