Rulebook
Drone Racing Challenge
(Open for All)
About
In drone racing, competitors’ pilot "drones," which are essentially tiny camera-
equipped radio-controlled aircraft or quadcopters, while donning head-mounted
displays that display the live video feeds from the drones. Like in full-scale air
racing, the goal is to finish a predetermined circuit as fast as possible. The chance
to demonstrate your skill of practical fast flight is guaranteed by the National
Innovation Competition 2024 - Technocrats V.2. Drones face difficulties when
competing in drone racing since they have to traverse a crowded indoor space
without the use of external sensors, which means they have to perform all of the
processing and sensing onboard. Although no team has yet completed the entire
race circuit, most successful teams employed waypoint tracking strategies and
good visual identification of the gates of various colors because competitors were
given access to all environmental data before the races.
Eligibility
1. Participants must be University (Undergraduate Level, Bachelor’s,
Honor’s, Degree), College, Polytechnic students. Participants must have a
current studentship status which could be verified by an institutional ID card.
2. Each team shall be within 1-4 members.
3. Students from different educational institutions can form a team.
Registration Fee: 2,000/-
Registration Link: [Link]
(Please select your following segment during registration)
Arena Specification
• There will be several boxes (400mm*400mm) marked on the ground.
• Participant will have to take off from a box, and go and land in another box
(as per through a circle).
• The path will consist of pillars, loops, bends, and underpasses, placed in
random sequence along an aerial track. It will end with a drop zone and
landing pad for testing manoeuvrability skills.
Bot specification
• Machine should fit into the dimension box of 400mm x 400mm x 300mm
• Use of autopilot, sonar, or obstacle avoidance system mode ex: Loiter,
GPS, etc. is prohibited. If found, the copter will be disqualified.
• The quadcopter must be manually controlled.
• Readymade quadcopter is not allowed.
• Please bring extra propellers and chargers for your quadcopter.
General Rules
• Flight time for a run is defined as the time taken by the drone to complete
the path from the start zone to the end zone.
• A maximum time of 5 minutes from take-off to landing will be given to
complete the circuit.
• The timer will start from the moment the countdown finishes.
• The timer will stop only when the drone finally lands on the landing zone.
The time measured by the organizers will be final and will be used for scoring the
teams.
• Any sort of misconduct at the IUBAT campus may result in disqualification.
• Time measured by any contestant by any other means is not acceptable for
scoring.
• In case of any disputes/discrepancies, the organizers’ decision will be final
and binding.
• The organizers reserve the right to change any or all of the above rules as
they deem fit.
• Trial runs on the track are not allowed.
Changes in rules, if any will be highlighted on the website and notified to the
registered teams.
Sample Arena of Drone Racing Challenge
Awards
• Champion will be given a price money of 30k along with crest and
certificates.
• Runner-Up will be given a price money of 20k along with crest and
certificates.
• 2nd Runner-Up will be given a price money of 15k along with crest and
certificates.
NOTE – The team Coordinator and Judge reserve the right to change the
rules at any point in time. The change will however be highlighted on the
website.
For Any Queries:
Contact/Organizers Details
Md. Fahim Al Mamun Md. Nurullah Haque
Research Officer, IIEC, IUBAT Assistant Research Officer, IIEC, IUBAT
Contact: 01521469392 Contact: 01720579410