Minidrone Competition Winners Archive

Mexico 2024

  • April 25, 2024
    ITAM, Mexico
  • Winner: Team Nokstella, Instituto Tecnológico Autónomo de México
  • First runner-up: Team LadyBug, CETYS University, Mexico
  • Second runner-up: Team Aeroitam, Instituto Tecnológico Autónomo de México

ICAR 2023

  • December 5, 2023
    Khalifa University, Abu Dhabi
  • Winner: Team AutoDR1, Abu Dhabi University
  • First runner-up: Team Eyeliner, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
  • Second runner-up: Team Breeze, Khalifa University

EMEA 2023

  • October 27, 2023
    Virtual
  • Winner: Team QKH, ENSMA
  • First runner-up: Team Mambonauts, TXT Group
  • Second runner-up: Team Orville, Oxford University

South Africa 2023

  • September 28, 2023
    Virtual
  • Winner: Team Trojan Horses, University of Cape Town, South Africa
  • First runner-up: Team CounterActors, University of Cape Town, South Africa
  • Second runner-up: Team Dronix, University of Johannesburg, South Africa

IFAC 2023

  • July 10-11, 2023
    IFAC World Congress, Yokohama, Japan
  • Winner: Team CDSL_UOS, University of Seoul, Korea
  • First runner-up: Team sennbaduru, Chiba Institute of Technology, Japan
  • Second runner-up: Team ISI Nuts, University of Tokyo, Japan

Australia 2023

  • June 26, 2023
    University of Technology Sydney, Australia
  • Winner: Team Kirov_MIC, University of Melbourne
  • First runner-up: Team Unplanned Pilots, Australian National University
  • Second runner-up: Team iDL001, University of Technology Sydney

Turkey 2023

  • June 23, 2023
    Middle East Technical University, Ankara, Turkey
  • Winner: Team Kuzu Kuzu - Marmara University, Turkey
  • First runner-up: Team Mostar Dynamics – BOUN / FSM University / Acıbadem University / Turkish-German University, Turkey
  • Second runner-up: Team Comet - METU, Turkey

Poland 2023

  • March 24, 2023
    Politechnika Poznanska, 60-965 Poznan, Poland
  • Winner: Team SKA PW, Warsaw University of Technology, Poland
  • First runner-up: Team Mumbo Jumbo, Academy of Construction and Metallurgy in Krakow, Poland
  • Second runner-up: Team DroneLab, Warsaw University of Technology, Poland

EMEA 2022

  • October 28, 2022
    Virtual
  • Winner: Tabono, University of Uyo, Nigeria
  • First runner-up: Qfalcon, Qatar University, Qatar
  • Second runner-up: XWing, Ecole Centrale de Lyon, France

Deakin University 2022

  • October 26, 2022
    Virtual
  • Winner: ThisCanOnlyGoWell, Deakin University
  • First runner-up: Ace of Space, The University of Melbourne
  • Second runner-up: Monsterp3, Macquarie University

India 2022

  • October 14-15, 2022
    Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur, India
  • Winner: Harshit Singh, Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay
  • First runner-up: MXPlusC, Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur
  • Second runner-up: BitBot, Indian Institute of Technology, Ropar

Mexico 2022

  • October 11, 2022
    Virtual
  • Winner: Math Ram, Instituto Tecnológico de Estudios Superiores de Monterrey Campus Tampico
  • First runner-up: Turix, TecNM Tuxtla Gutierrez
  • Second runner-up: VantTec, Tecnológico de Monterrey

New Zealand 2022

  • October 7, 2022
    University of Auckland, New Zealand
  • Winner: Woaduv, University of Auckland
  • First runner-up: Leo & Isaac, University of Auckland
  • Second runner-up: Little Boys, University of Auckland

SJTU China 2022

  • September 25, 2022
    Hybrid
  • Winner: Migrater, Tsinghua University, Beijing
  • First runner-up: SYSU-ACG, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangdong
  • Second runner-up: MMJ-plane, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai

Turkey 2022

  • May 13, 2022
    Istanbul Teknik Universitesi, Istanbul, Turkey
  • Winner: YTUROK, Yildiz Technical University
  • First runner-up: Orion, Marmara Üniversitesi
  • Second runner-up: AERGO, Istanbul Medeniyet University

RMIT 2021

  • Februrary 25, 2022
    Virtual
  • Winner: Y.Y.D.S., Monash University
  • First runner-up: WHY Drones, Monash University
  • Second runner-up: Dr. Drone, Monash University Malaysia

Japan 2021

  • December 11, 2021
    Virtual
  • Winner: Sakura Bachi, Nihon University
  • First runner-up: Butterfly Effect, Hosei University
  • Second runner-up: Sennbaduru, Chiba Institute of Technology

EMEA 2021

  • October 29, 2021
    Virtual
  • Winner: GaudRos_UnivPm, Università Politecnica delle Marche
  • First runner-up: OxFour, University of Oxford
  • Second runner-up: The Game Changers, Bannari Amman Institute of Technology

Mexico 2021

  • August 4, 2021
    Virtual
  • Winner: UAVNL, Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León
  • First runner-up: DroneAddicts, Tecnologico Nacional de Mexico Campus la Laguna
  • Second runner-up: RamDrones, Tecnológico de Monterrey Campus Laguna

Nordics and Baltics 2021

  • May 19, 2021
    Virtual
  • Winner: AirAarhus, Aarhus University
  • First runner-up: Physalis Inc, Politecnico di Milano - KTH Stockholm
  • Second runner-up: Routonomous, University of Southern Denmark

Columbia 2020

  • March 2, 2021
    Virtual
  • Winner: DragonFly, Universidad Nacional de Colombia Sede Bogotá
  • First runner-up: FIMEB_UAN_3CA, Universidad Antonio Nariño
  • Second runner-up: Dynamobot, Universidad Distrital Francisco José de Caldas

RMIT 2020

  • December 2, 2020
    Virtual
  • Winner: LDM​, University of Melbourne
  • First runner-up: Nyquist’s Fab Club​, University of Melbourne
  • Second runner-up: ParrotWorks, RMIT University

Cambridge 2020

  • October 23, 2020
    Virtual
  • Winner: UC Drone​, University College Dublin​
  • First runner-up: LeadHeads​, Università del Salento​
  • Second runner-up: NMR Drone, Imperial College London​ & University of Cambridge​

IFAC 2020

  • July 16, 2020
    Virtual IFAC World Congress
  • Winner: UNISANNIO​, University of Sannio
  • First runner-up: AeroKGP​, Purdue University & Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur
  • Second runner-up: UniMelb, The University of Melbourne

Tokyo 2019

  • December 7, 2019
    Akihabara UDX Next Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
  • Winner: Sennbaduru, Chiba Institute of Technology
  • First runner-up: Gifu Mech, Gifu University
  • Second runners-up:
    • Sunday Programmer, Tokyo University
    • Ritsumeikan, Ritsumeikan University

Columbia 2019

  • November 15, 2019
    Cámara de Comercio de Bogotá, Cedritos Headquarters, Bogotá D.C., Colombia
  • Winner: IRON, Universidad Distrital Francisco Jose de Caldas
  • First runner-up: miniQUD, Universidad Distrital Francisco Jose de Caldas
  • Second runner-up: BeeControlling, Universidad Nacional de Colombia

IROS 2019

  • November 5, 2019
    The Venetian Macao, Macau, China
  • Winner: SRMUAV, SRM Institute of Science and Technology
  • First runner-up: Beeclust, SRM Institute of Science and Technology
  • Second runner-up: KNUT_ROVI, Korea National University of Transportation

NUMA 2019

  • October 18, 2019
    NUMA Bengaluru, Bengaluru, India
  • Winner: HiveX, B.M.S. College of Engineering
  • First runner-up: PVGCOET, Pune Vidyarthi Griha’s College of Engineering
  • Second runner-up: Madg(w)eek, SRM Institute of Science and Technology

MATLAB EXPO 2019 UK

  • October 2, 2019
    Silverstone Circuit, United Kingdom
  • Winner: Vickers Robotics, Lancaster University
  • First runner-up: Anaheim Mechatronics, University of Leeds
  • Second runner-up: Flying Penguin, Imperial College London

IEEE International Workshop on Metrology for Industry 4.0 and IoT 2019

  • June 6, 2019
    University of Naples Federico II, Naples, Italy
  • Winner: Fuori Controllo, University of Naples Federico II
  • First runner-up: Neptuno, Politecnico di Milano
  • Second runner-up: POLImate, Politecnico di Milano

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