Competition Overview

Lockheed Martin sponsored 3 teams of engineering students to produce a prototype of a drone which is capable of flying autonomously around an arena while searching for "prey drones" to ram into.

Drone Detection

Competition Details

During the competition, Lockheed Martin employees manually controlled small "prey drones". The competition was divided into rounds. during a given round each of the 3 teams of engineering students would have a set amount of time for their drone fly around the arena to pursue the prey drones. Points were allotted if the autonomous drone collided with a prey drone. Points were deducted if the autonomous drone drifted out of bounds of the arena.

Drone Detection and Vector Calculations