Tag: UAV Challenge 2016
Limited production run of Millswood Fail Safes for the Outback Challenge
An updated version of the Millswood Engineering Failsafe is about to have a pilot production run. There are many new features, but one of the main additions as far...
LightWare’s laser rangefinders assist to save Outback Joe
The 10th annual UAV Challenge is by far the most challenging mission. Not only is Outback Joe on a remote location, but this year teams must retrieve and return a blood sample!
To...
UAV Challenge Medical Express 2016
Announcing UAV Challenge Medical Express 2016 at an unmanned systems conference associated with the Avalon Airshow, event co-ordinator Dennis Frousheger said the 2016 challenge was designed to push UAV...
Robots in the skies: how Outback Joe was found and rescued
Lost and thirsty in the Australian bush, Outback Joe waited eight years. And finally, in September this year, he was found – by a flying robot.
Outback Joe is not...
Gang-gang: Canberra’s champion drone
Ian Warden
A Canberra Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) team has just used its clever drone to save the life of a tourist, Joe, lost in the God-forsaken wastes of Queensland....
