Khalifa University, organizers of the Mohamed Bin Zayed International Robotics Challenge (MBZIRC), have announced that the competition will take place from March 16 \u2013 18, 2017, at the Yas Marina Circuit in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The contest will inevitably take up a large area of the circuit since it will consist of three challenges and a triathlon-type Grand Challenge. Challenge 1 will require teams to use an Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) to locate, track and land on a moving vehicle. This means that the UAV must be capable of locating the moving vehicle, navigating the vehicle’s path and speed, and land on the target location while the vehicle is in motion.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Challenge 2 requires an Unmanned Ground Vehicle (UGV) to locate and reach a panel and physically operate a valve stem on it. It will require a UGV capable of navigating the path, locating the panel, identifying the valve, and choosing the appropriate tool to close it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Challenge 3 requires a team of UAVs to work together to search, locate, track, pick up and place a set of still and moving objects. The Grand Challenge will require a team of robots (UAVs and UGVs) to compete if it combines challenges 1, 2, and 3 simultaneously.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cThis will be a hard challenge,\u201d said Dr. Arif Al Hammadi, Khalifa University\u2019s Executive Vice President. \u201cIt will require the teams to not only utilize most known robotics technology but also invent new ones. Undoubtedly, the resulting technologies from this competition will drive robotics research for some time and, as a university dedicated to the advancement of research and development in engineering and technology, we are eager to see what the results are.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The 45 teams selected to participate in the inaugural challenge come from leading universities and international organizations such as the Georgia Institute of Technology, the Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST), the National University of Singapore, and Xi’an Jiaotong University.
Teams from the UAE, Italy, Germany, KSA, Russia, Singapore, Malaysia, Canada, South Korea, and Spain were chosen from over 316 teams from 45 countries who expressed their interest in participating in the Challenge.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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