Few autonomous drone competitions for adult developers and organizations are held in Russia. In this article I will tell you about our participation in Aerobot-2020. We work without competition with the latest technologies for drone location in the room, motion planning and mapping (exploration), object detection (perception) and optimal motion control. In terms of competition, there were tasks from just this area.
Our team consisted of employees of the NTI Competence Center in the direction of "Technologies of Robotics and Mechatronics Components" on the basis of Innopolis University and university students.
There are many exciting drone flights and drops under the cut.
On the one hand, we want to forget about it as a nightmare, and on the other hand, this is an interesting experience. So in order to leave those memories in 2020, this article is pulled from drafts.
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Friendship won
According to the results of the competition, the panel of judges decided not to identify the winners, because not a single team completed the second round tasks entirely. As a result: 1) a lot of spare parts and nerves were spent, 2) it was fun, interesting guys gathered, 3) friendship won. The organizers plan to hold the next competition with the same tasks. And we are doing applied development and looking at MBZIRC. Hello participants and organizers!