First time in Armenia it will take place the “Unmanned aerial vehicle” contest


First time in Armenia it will take place the “Unmanned aerial vehicle” contest

  • 13-01-2012 20:05:22   | Armenia  |  Science and Technology

In the frames of Armenian Robots Open Championship (ArmRobotics) the Union of Information Technologies Enterprises (UITE) announces registration for the “Unmanned aerial vehicle” (UAV) contest. The participants of this contest must design and prepare robots which must study the are during the flight, recognize the navigation signs and send pictures of the area online, find the specially assigned tee, flop down a burden of 300 grams and fly back to its original place of flight. The robots may have any type of construction including: - VTOL (Vertical Take-Off and Landing) - CTOL (Conventional Take-Off and Landing) - STOVL (Short Take-Off and Vertical Landing) etc. The take-off and landing can be non-autonomous. For participation to this contest participants need to register at http://digitec.am/armrobotics.php?lng=eng&id=185 from 13/01/12 till 12/03/12 including. ArmRobotics is established by UITE, the main sponsor is VivaCell-MTS, technical equipment was provided by Artin Varoujan company, supporters are The Minister of Defence of the Republic of Armenia and Microsoft Innovation Center of Armenia. Armenian Robots Open Championship (ArmRobotics) has been organized since 2008 and aims at mobilizing young people interested in technologies, develop team work and ways of thinking among youth, enable young people to implement their skills in practical issues, restore robot-construction in Armenia. Since 2008 in the frames of the Armrobotics has been organized the following contests: “Line tracking”, “Minesweeper”, “Object Collection”. Press contact: Ruzan Apresyan UITE PR responsible Tel: 091-65-34-99, 010-54-88-81(82) E-mail: info@uite.org www.uite.org, www.diigitec.am
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