Posts Tagged ‘ Outback Challenge ’

Rescuing Joe

22 January 2012
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Rescuing Joe

Andrew Tridgell talks about Team Canberra UAVs attempt to rescue Outback Joe this year at this years Linux.conf.au  After a years gap things will start to hot up now for the OBC. The Ballarat Linux conference also sported a high altitude balloon launch. CanberraUAV will be using the Ardupilot autopilot from DIYdrones and have already added some handy features...

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New format for international UAV Outback Challenge to boost competition

16 March 2011
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New format for international UAV Outback Challenge to boost competition

The international $50,000 prize UAV (Unmanned Aerial Vehicle) Challenge – Outback Rescue competition held in approved airspace at Kingaroy, Queensland, will become a biennial event from 2011. Challenge co-founder and ARCAA director, QUT’s Professor Rod Walker said the changes were being made to the Challenge to give search and rescue teams more time to gain autonomous flight experience and...

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Outback Challenge makes it into Qantas in-flight magazine.

2 December 2010
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Outback Challenge makes it into Qantas in-flight magazine.

The 2010 Outback Challenge sUAS competition held at Kingaroy Queensland continues to attract media attention. Well done the organisers. This month its featured in airline Qantas in flight magazine, The Australian Way. One wonders just how many people will read about sUAS for the first time. Rumours fly around enthusiast forums about a new tougher format for the 2011 event. No...

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Outback Challenge helps focus CASA’s eye

18 November 2010
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Outback Challenge helps focus CASA’s eye

In an article by Jane Symonds in Aviation Business Asia Pacific the leap forward made by competitors in this years competition was noted and Phil Presgrave of CASA made some interesting comments. Its interesting to watch developments being made by countries like Australia and the UK with the USA just about to leave the starting blocks. Will the USA...

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Melbourne UAVs Outback Challenge documentary

7 October 2010
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Melbourne UAVs Outback Challenge documentary

An eventful drive to the Outback Challenge for Scott and Ian, sadly there troubles continued and the were not able to fly in this years competition. Joe’s just going to have to keep waiting. In their own words. Melbourne UAV  is once again entering the Open Search and Rescue challenge section of the 2011 Australian Outback UAV Challenge. After getting...

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Outback Challenge wrap up from Latitude 38S UAV Team.

6 October 2010
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Outback Challenge wrap up from Latitude 38S UAV Team.

Well, the dust has settled on the competition now and we made it home after a very long drive from Kingaroy. Well done to UND and Robota, a great effort from both teams to get as far as they did. Unbelievably, they were the only two teams that flew in the S&R competition this year; Joe was nearly rescued,...

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Outback Challenge full results.

3 October 2010
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Outback Challenge full results.

Congratulations again to all that entered, here are the full results of the 2010 Outback Challenge:- Search and Rescue 1. University of North Dakota     70.1 2. Team Robota                         52.7 3. Latitude 38UAV                     25.6 4. MUROC...

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Outback Joe was next to his car

1 October 2010
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Outback Joe was next to his car

I guess all the clues were there from his tweets. Interesting video that shows the scene of the drop and what the guys at Joe were up to. Especially interesting is the radio chat. Little bit disappointed that he was not hidden a little better, the white topped post and car would have stood out very well. It remains an...

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University of North Dakota win Search and Rescue Challenge at OBC.

29 September 2010
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University of North Dakota win Search and Rescue Challenge at OBC.

Coming ever so close to winning the money this year hearty congratulations must be sent to the team from North Dakota. Winning the documentary prize was Latitude 38 UAV from Melbourne. The Winner of the Airborne Delivery Challenge,  Calamvale Hornets. As soon as teams start releasing the documentary’s I shall start posting them here Bookmark It Hide Sites $$('div.d1814').each(...

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Triumph and tragedy at the Outback Challenge

28 September 2010
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Triumph and tragedy at the Outback Challenge

Unmanned Aircraft Systems Engineering from North Dakota made Outback Challenge history yesterday. They were the first team ever to fly into the search area, find Joe, and deliver his water . The achievement was hard won they had difficulties on day one, from their blog. Dave passed the manual flight portion of the flights and we landed the aircraft and prepared...

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