Autonomous Robotic Systems

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Team HALO Win UAVForge Competition 2012

By Stephen Prior |

Rank Team Final Score
1 HALO 47.7
2 AEROQUAD 39.1
3 ATMOS 37.3
4 SWIFTSIGHT 37.3
5 NAVYEOD 36.5
6 EXTRACTOR X 32.0
7 DHAKSHA 31.5
8 PHASE ANALYTIC 30.5
9 GREMLION 19.2

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Scoring Breakdown:

 

Baseline Objectives Possible Points Awarded Points
1 Conduct operations, preflight, and safety checks (5 pts) 5
2 Perform vertical take-off and flight within specified altitude (5 pts) 5
3 Orient heading and fly to observation area (5 pts) 5
4 Transition from flight mode to surveillance mode and conduct observations for the time specified (5 pts) 0.33
5 Complete observations and transition from surveillance mode to flight mode while maneuvering around obstacles (5 pts) 0.33
6 Exit observation area, transition to specified altitude and land back at home base at the Flight Preparations area (5 pts) 5
(30) 20.7
Advanced Behaviors Possible Points Awarded Points
1 Demonstrate safety in flight during a “communications out” condition. (5 pts) 4
2 Demonstrate an autonomous transition from flight mode to observation mode for surveillance and then transition back from observation mode to forward flight (25 pts) 17
3 Demonstrate a simple user interface and vehicle controls which exhibits ease of vehicle operations with minimal pilot workload (25 pts) 21.7
4 Mitigate the vehicle’s acoustics signature level in flight and transition to observation mode (25 pts) 20
5 Demonstrate an integrated obstacle avoidance capability (15 pts) see Note 1
6 Successfully execute the “Follow Me” task, which requires the vehicle to autonomously follow the ground operator from the Starting Point back to the designated Flight Preparation Area and maintain a safe altitude (not to exceed 1,000 feet AGL). The vehicle can land manually or autonomously. Nominal ground speed for the operator traveling back to the Flight Preparations Area will be 15-30 mph. (15 pts) 11.7
7 A complete parts listing, including all Commercial Off The Shelf (COTS) parts, to support the manufacture and innovation of the vehicle system (30 pts) see Note2
(140) 74.4+
Manufacturability Possible Points Awarded Points
1 Assessment of the Producibility/Manufacturability of the design flown, based on the provided design information and parts list (30 pts) 27
(30) 27
TOTAL SCORE 200 122.1+

 

Note 1: We did not attempt the Obstacle Avoidance element.

 

Note 2: We were not told the points score for the Parts List element. But we would anticipate a high score, based on the Manufacturability Assessment and our full submission.


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