Drones

UAS - Drone Challenge

 

We continue our partnership with NAVAIR. Palomar and Southwestern Community Colleges through the GeoTech Center.

The main objectives include to build a remote-controlled Unmanned Airborne System (UAS) -drone-  that can be modular, fast an agile, capable of completing a specific tasks and a race that involves obstacles (gates).

In order to have a more successful season, this year’s challenge will be divided into three events. Event #1 will challenge teams of high school students to have their UAS-Drone hover successfully. Event #2 will involve the completion of a “task” that will be disclosed during event #1. And finally, event #3 will include a combination of “tasks” that will be explained at the conclusion of event #2.

Students have the choice of using First-Person-View (FPV) and will have the opportunity to test their STEAM skills with participation in an optional autonomous portion of the challenge (the UAS conducting a mission by itself).