Championship
Grand Challenge of Tahiti for Autonomous Drones
Where: Tahiti (French Polynesia)
When: Second week December 2024
Why: Assess the current status of advanced drone and AI technology.
Who: Anybody can participate. Simply send us the web url of your site describing your drone and its capabilities. A short video of your drone in action would also be nice. Make sure you carefully read the description on what constitutes a truly autonomous drone. If we like what we see, or have any further questions, we will contact you. You will then also receive a download link for the Tahiti drone video data.
Rules: The championship will consist of three tests being executed on alternating days. All tests will occur during the daytime and start early in the morning. The schedule:
1. Day Arrival
2. Day 1 Trial
3. Day Day of rest
4. Day 2 Trial
5. Day Day of rest
6. Day 3 Trial
7. Day Departure
If on any of the trial days the weather conditions deteriorate the trial will be stopped and restarted on the next day.
What constitutes an autonomous drone?
In the most simplest terms, all drone navigation is handled by the drone on board. In other words no WiFi, no Internet, no GPS, no human intervention in any form or manner and no fly-by-wire control. All navigation has to be performed by the drone on its own.
How will the drone be informed of its target destination?
3 modes are being considered:
1. The name of the target (either in English, French, or the local Tahitian language). For example, this can be a landmark name like: "Les trois cascades".
2. A short description of the target in either English or French. For example, "The target being sought is a church with a high steeple. The steeple contains a clock facing towards the ocean. The clock has no minute and hour arm. After detecting the target, fly around it, and take an aerial video. Finally, return to the original starting location.".
3. A still image or a video depicting the object.
Trial competition modus operandi:
The day starts at 5:30 am. The contestants will all receive the same destination target. Everyone has 2 hours time at their disposal to enter the information into the drones. As soon as everyone has completed this task, or the 2 hours are up, the drones and the contestants will be taken to an undisclosed starting point on the island of Tahiti. Once the starting point has been reached the contestants will be asked to activate their drones. No further interaction between the contestants and their drones will be allowed.
Winner: The winner will be cured based on an overall score of how close he/she came to solving all three trials and the amount of time it took to complete the task.
Contact:
Email: mobiletimestoday@gmail.com
Phone: +689 89687038 (French Polynesia) or +1 347-857-9126
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