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Nontri-Aavc2015 Rule-Regulations-july27
Nontri-Aavc2015 Rule-Regulations-july27
Official Rules
Autonomous Aerial Vehicle Challenge 2015
At Kasetsart University and the RTAF RC Airfield
26 th – 27 th November 2015
Autonomous Aerial Vehicle Challenge 2015
1. Forward
This document provides details on the operational concept for a “Nontri‐Autonomous Aerial Vehicle Challenge
2015”. The main mission for this competition is to address problems commonly faced by the observation in the
urban area environments.
2. Purpose of the Competition
The purpose of this competition is to promote and develop expertise along with experience in Autonomous Aerial
Vehicles at the university and college levels in ASEAN. Safety considerations are very important in this competition.
3. Competition Scenario
Kasetsart University hereby would like to invite undergraduate and graduate students from interested institutions
to participate in the Autonomous Aerial Vehicle Challenge 2015. The content simulates a hypothetical situation
described by following tasks:
1. To fly and orbit around a given point at a radius of 100 m and at altitude of 60 m twice
2. To take 6 aerial images in a correct sequence at an altitude 60 m
3. To drop supplies emulated by a bag of flour (50 g) as closely as possible to the designated target which is placed
randomly in circle of radius 5 meters ( position of circle’s center will be given).
4. Venue and Schedule
[พิมพขอความ]
August 30th, 2015 NONTRI‐AAVC2015 application deadline.
November 26th, 2015 09:00 –1000 – Nontri‐AAVC2015 Open ceremony at
Kasetsart University.
10:00‐16:30 – First round competition at RTAF RC Airfield.
12 teams are selected for the final round
Competition at RTAF RC Airfield.
November 27th, 2015 09:00‐15:30 – final round competition at RTAF RC Airfield.
15:30‐16:00 – Award ceremony at RTAF RC Airfield .
The main vector of interactions between organizers and competitors will be the website dedicated to the challenge :
http://nontri‐aavc2015.kasetsart.org/
‐ download page (for technical specification, application form, rules and regulations, etc)
‐ Application forms are submitted via e‐mail : fengnth@ku.ac.th or fengpwk@ku.ac.th
Note:
* The date could be altered (the organizer will be responsible to inform participants prior to any changes).
** Contact : Miss. Pornpawee Kerdpongthawatch ; Tel: (66) 02 797‐0999 (1590)
** Contact : Dr. Nuttaka Homsup ; Tel: (66) 81‐825‐7863
5. Awards
The awards for the competition includes
First Place THB 200,000.‐
Second Place THB 100,000.‐
Third Place THB 50,000.‐
Best Creativity Award THB 50,000.‐
6. Eligibility
6.1. General
The competitors shall be teams from a recognized Southeast Asian university or technical college.
6.2. Team Composition
Team may include graduate and undergraduate students. Each team is limited to 3 students and 1 faculty advisor. All
students must be full‐time students at a college or university in 2014 or 2015. Each institution is allowed a maximum
of two teams to be represented in the competition. This competition is not open to commercial entities.
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7. Competition Details
The NONTRI‐AAVC2015 competition details are shown as follow;
7.1. First Round Competition
Only the best 12 teams will be selected to compete in the final round. The selection will be done on November
26, 2015 starting at 10:00 AM at RTAF RC Airfield. Each team must fly the orbit mission. Each team must fly only the
orbit mission and fly only once. Scoring and retry methodologies will be exactly the same as the final competition.
Only 12 teams with the best scores will be qualified to the final round. Order of flight will be randomly selected and
announced before the competition.
7.2. Final Round Competition
The final round competition will be held on November 27, 2015 at RTAF RC Airfield.
7.3. Practicing Period
Teams are allowed to practice on the airfield on November 25, 2015 at RTAF RC Airfield from 9:00 AM to 17:00 PM.
Each AAV must be examined by judges before flying. Each team must get clearance from the judges before each
flight. Only one AAV is allowed to be in the air at a time. No scoring will be conducted on practices. It is prohibited to
practice on the competition day.
7.4. Judges
Professors from major Thai and aboard institutions who are well‐known experts in their specialized fields are invited
to be judges/referees of the tournament. Judges’ decisions are final. Judges’ discussions are strictly confidential.
The organizing party reserves the right to revoke any prizes awarded should there be evidence of regulation
violation. The organizers reserve the right to amend the rules and regulations. However, all teams will be
informed of such changes 4 weeks prior to the start of the competition.
7.5 Scoring
In the final round, the team must autonomously fly the AAV to perform the following missions in sequence: takeoff,
orbiting around a point, taking aerial images, dropping a payload, and landing. The team must fly total of two flights.
Each team will fly the second flight after all teams finished their first flights. Order of flight will be randomly selected
and announced after the first round. The final score is the best attempt out of the two flights.
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Each team is allowed 5 minutes to setup time before each flight. For the first flight, the clock will start when the
judges inform the team. If the AAV is not able to takeoff within 5 minutes, no points will be given for that particular
flight.
Mission Score (Maximum 3300)
Takeoff: (Maximum 50)
If the AAV can perform Auto Takeoff 50
If the AAV performs Semi‐Auto Takeoff 25
If the AAV performs Manual Takeoff 0
Orbiting around a Point: (Maximum 1,000) 1000 – [Sum (abs(Error)) + time*2]
Fly in an orbit within a 100 m radius around the point O at 60 m
altitude for 2 rounds. Error: radial error (meters)
The judge will start the stopwatch after the AAV fly across the Time: time to complete two rounds
runway and stop the stopwatch after the AAV crosses the (seconds)
runway again after two orbits
Aerial Imagery: (Maximum 1,100) 100 points for each image + (500‐ time)
Take 6 images in a respective sequence while flying at an
altitude of 60 m. Each figure is 2 m wide and 2 m long. Time: time to complete aerial imagery
The judge will start the stopwatch immediately after the AAV mission (seconds)
switch to a waypoint mode. The judge will stop the stopwatch
after the final image was taken. If the AAV skips any images in the
Manual capturing from the ground station or screen capturing sequence, the point will be deducted
from the video downlink are allowed. Automatic capturing is (sequence must be in the increasing
encouraged. In all cases, the flight must always be autonomous. order)
Dropping Payload: (Maximum 1100) 10* (100 – 5*d)
After completion of the aerial imagery mission, the AAV must
drop a bag of flour at a target which is placed randomly in circle d : distance from target (meters)
of radius 5 meters (position of circle’s center (T) will be given).
The drop can be either manually or automatically triggered.
However, the flight must be autonomous.
No point will be given if the bag does not reach the ground or if
the landing spot is greater than 20 m from the target.
The AAV must maintain a groundspeed at least 40 km/hr at the
dropping point. If not, no point will be given.
Additional 100 points will be awarded if the payload is dropped
autonomously.
Landing: : (Maximum 50)
If the AAV can perform Auto Landing 50
If the AAV performs Semi‐Auto Landing 25
If the AAV performs Manual Landing 0
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7.6 Log file Submission
Within 5 minutes after landing of the second flight, each team must submit a flash drive containing:
1. A flight log (.txt file) of the flight during the orbit missions. The log must contain time (in seconds), latitude,
longitude (in decimal degree), and flight mode (as arbitrary defined integer). The sampling time must be 1
Hz. The log file will automatically be processed by a script that outputs total deviation of flight path
compared to the perfect circle.
2. Twelve image files (.bmp .jpg or .png) of the photos taken during both flights of the aerial photography
mission. Six images each flight. Images will be visually assessed by the judges whether or not the targets are
clearly visible.
7.7Retry
In an unusual circumstance, the team may “retry” by landing the AAV and takeoff again. The retry must be declared
within 7 minutes from the first time the AAV is airborne. There is no limit on number of retries, but they must be
within 7 minutes. However, scores are not stacked but reset to zero once the team declares a retry.
NoFlyZone
The AAV should never enter the “no‐fly‐zone”. The AAV is allowed to be in the “no‐fly‐zone” for 3 seconds
without a penalty. After 3 seconds points will be deducted according to the following formula.
Points deducted = time in no‐fly‐zone (seconds) x 5
8. Restrictions
The team must comply with ALL of the following restrictions in order to win the competition. A team that cannot
comply with all of the restrictions may be allowed to fly if the judges convince that the team can operate the AAV
safely. However, the winner prize will be not being awarded.
A complete AAV solution is prohibited. A team may buy subsystems and integrate them together or develop
their own system.
The AAV can be a fixed‐wing type or a multirotor type.
The AAV must be electrically powered.
The vehicle must not weight greater than 3 kg. The AAV will be weighted prior to the flight.
The vehicle must be able to take off or land using less than 25 m distance.
Only one camera is allowed onboard. The camera must be mounted in the downward direction.
The AAV must have a backup Radio Control link. The link must be Frequency‐hopping Spread Spectrum.
The flour and its container must weight greater than 50 g.
The system must have live video downlink.
The team must prepare two signals to be plugged into judge’s monitors: one from ground station and
another from video downlink. Both signals can be either VGA or composite video.
The AAV must not fly lower than 25 m AGL on any part of the mission, except for takeoff and landing.
The AAV must fly autonomously throughout all missions (except for takeoff and landing). The AAV may
switch between different autonomous modes while switch between missions but manual control is not
allowed.
While other teams are about to flying, all wireless communication links must be turned off.
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9. Mission Coordinates
Note the coordinate changes in order to avoid radar site within vicinity of the field.
Latitude Longitude
O 13.945872 100.573831
1 13.944306 100.575184
2 13.945438 100.575508
3 13.945702 100.574509
4 13.944527 100.574109
5 13.944982 100.573139
6 13.946076 100.573002
T 13.945605 100.574887
No fly zone 13.947185 100.572166
13.944649 100.571402
13.943674 100.575508
13.946181 100.576179
Figure 1: Map, Coordinate points and Marks allocate.
10. Advices to Competitors
The language to be used for the whole challenge is English language (all emails, questions on the website,
document or presentation must be made in English.)
Don’t forget to register. The deadline is defined in the chapter. Take care of the pre‐selection phase: don’t
wait till the deadline has come to register and start to fulfill the document for the pre‐selection!
Don’t hesitate to use internet: a huge international community is dealing with AAV topics, and you don’t
need to re‐invent what has been done elsewhere.
Don’t hesitate to ask any questions on the forum, even if it seems silly or obvious: it’s better to ask, rather
than to go in the wrong direction!
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The AAV is not a toy, and is quite fragile: be careful when performing your first flight test and ensure tuning
the controllers carefully during your safety tests. The best way is to make these tests while someone is
holding the AAV without too much power.
11. Miscellaneous Terms and Conditions
Modification Rights
The organizers reserve the right to adapt and to modify any articles of the current rules along the completion of the
challenge. All the competing teams will be immediately informed in case of such a modification.
Donations and Expenses
Each team will be provided food services and some accommodations from the host. Each team will be responsible
for all other costs and expenses associated with participating in the competition i.e. other components, spare parts
and airline tickets.
Safety
Each participating team must comply with all safety rules set by the organizers. The rules are put together in the
interest of everyone safety and security. The organizers reserve the right to disqualify a team for not complying with
key safety rules.
Promotions Rights
By participating in the Autonomous Aerial Vehicle Challenge 2015, participants agree that the organizers have the
right to use names, likenesses and images for publicity or materials promoting this event without compensation,
except where prohibited by law.
Liability
The organizers and their parent, affiliate and subsidiary companies and all of their respective officers, directors,
employees, shareholders, representatives and agents shall have no liability and will be held harmless by team
members and universities for any claim, action, liability, loss, injury or damage to any team member, university
and/or any other person or entity, including personal injury or death to any person or damage to personal or real
property, due in whole or in part, directly or indirectly by reason of Official Rules participation in this challenge, or the
acceptance, possession, use or misuse of a stipend and/or a prize (including any travel or related activity).
Third Party Rights
By entering, each team warrants and represents that the developments performed on its AAV are original and do not
infringe, defame or otherwise violate the rights and/or property of any third party; do not violate any laws or
ordinances; and do not utilize, use or infringe the property of any third party including the property and rights of
another team without express permission to do so.
Each team further warrants that the possession, exploitation, use or distribution by that team of any intellectual
property including without limitation patents, copyrights, designs, trade or service marks, whether or not registered,
shall not infringe or misappropriate the intellectual property right of any third party. Each team shall indemnify the
organizers against any loss or damage suffered or incurred by the organizers as a result of any claim that the use by a
team thereof infringes the intellectual property right of any third party.
Intellectual Proprietary Rights
The universities will remain the sole owner of the original developments made by their teams during the challenge.
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12. Maps
RTAF RC Airfield
RTAFA
Don Mueng Airport
Figure 2: RTAFA RC Airfield Location (From Google Map).
RTAFA
Figure 3: RTAFA RC Airfield Location (From Google Map, Zoom).
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Figure 4 : Airfield View from Above.
Figure 5 : RTAF RC Airfield Tag.
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