Announcing Students UVS Challenge Competition

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1 Announcing The Sultan Qaboos University, Oman is pleased to announce the in conjunction with the UVS OMAN 2019 conference organized by the College of Engineering from February The challenge competition is open for University, College, and High-School students teams. Interested teams are invited to design and develop a UVS of their own or use a UVS to deliver a package as close as possible to a fixed destination by maneuvering over hurdles that will be present in the course of flight or ground path, and return back to the command and control center. The package delivery done remotely by the UVS Controller or autonomously through an on-board system. Teams can control the UVS remotely or with the cable. The competition will take place in two categories; namely, high schools category and universities/colleges category. Important Dates 30 Nov 2018: Submit of 2-page document outlining the idea and procedure to achieve task 15 Dec 2018: Notification of acceptance for Drone Challenge Competition 25 Dec 2018: Register for Drone Challenge Competition 15 Jan 2019: Submit technical report about design, methodology for delivering package, landing, operational procedures and safety features 05 Feb 2019 : Drone Challenge Competition event We will post the rules for the competition on the website ( by 10 June 2018.

2 Selection of Winners Winners will be decided based on the mission performance (accuracy of delivery, time taken to deliver the package, degree of autonomy), adherence to competition rules, technical report and response to the queries to the judges on the day of competition. Location The Drone Challenge Competition will be held within the campus of Sultan Qaboos University. Later, teams can download location map from the conference website. For enquiries, please send to or or Prizes The Competition is organized in two levels (details attached). Level 1: College / University students Level 2: High school students For each level, a team of three students is handed the assignment of designing and constructing a Hovercraft or Aerial types to fulfill a number of specified tasks. The tasks can be chosen by the team but must be approved by the conference organizers to maintain desired level of complexity. Hovercraft Aerial types Hovercraft Aerial types Level-1 Level-1 Level-2 Level-2 Golds: 1500 USD Silver: 1000 USD Bronze: 500 USD Golds: 1500 USD Silver: 1000 USD Bronze: 500 USD Golds: 750 USD Silver: 500 USD Bronze: 250 USD Golds: 750 USD Silver: 500 USD Bronze: 250 USD

3 Type I: Hovercraft UVS Tasks: 1. Collect 5 tennis balls in the shortest period of time after passing three ramps (Fig. 1). Two dry ramps and one ramp is in the water (Fig.2) Rules: 1. Human physical interference of UVS after start point is strictly prohibited. 2. Evaluation metrics are Elapsed Time Number of the collected balls 3. Control system can be wired or wireless Venue: College of engineering Fig. 1: 2D Hovercraft Test Field

4 Fig. 2: 3D Hovercraft Test Field

5 Type II: Aerial UVS (Quadcopter, Helicopter) Tasks: 1. The Quadcopter starts from point H and reaches center point, G1 &G2. 2. The Quadcopter takes SQU mug G1 (Fig. 3) and place it in point A. Then, the Quadcopter takes another SQU mug (G2) and place it in point A. Then replace back two SQU mugs to their initial central position. 3. Repeat the pick and place action for points B and C and D. 4. Finally, return to point H. Rules: 1. Human physical interference of UVS after start point is strictly prohibited. 2. Evaluation metrics are Elapsed time from start (leaving point H) to end (returning to point H). Level of water in the mug at the end. Remote Control system is preferred and dimension of mug is Ø 92 mm, l = 90 mm Venue: Open Stage at SQU campus. Fig. 3: SQU Mug

6 Fig. 4: Aerial UVS Pick and Place

7 Fig. 5: Aerial UVS pattern of motion