A coastal town is flooded, affecting the entire area. Water has entered homes, forcing residents to evacuate or take shelter on rooftops without food, water, or medicines. Severe weather initially hindered relief efforts, but after 48 hours, the rain has stopped, and the wind speed has reduced. However, water levels remain high, leaving many people trapped and stranded on their rooftops. National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) and Local Administration teams are ready to start rescue efforts.
Teams must build two drones to:
Scan an area of 30 hectares to locate survivors while sending real-time video.
Geotag survivors and communicate to them via a speaker mounted on the drone.
Deploy a delivery drone to deliver survival kits (Size: 5x10x20cm; Weight: 200 gms).
Each team may build one drone as a “Scout Drone” for scanning and locating survivors and another drone as a “Delivery Drone” for delivering survival kits.
Teams may also consider building both drones as a combination of “Scout+Delivery Drone”. The solution strategy shall remain flexible for teams.
Both drones must fly autonomously while reporting their status and mission details from a single command and control station.
However, teams shall also have the option to operate both drones manually with different command and control stations by accepting a Penalty as outlined in the subsequent section of this document.
Mission 2 – Precision Agriculture:
A village was once a thriving agricultural hotspot. However, as the years passed, most residents migrated to cities for modern, high-tech job opportunities. The village now struggles with labour shortages during peak crop seasons. Furthermore, the soil quality is deteriorating due to the continuous use of pesticides in enormous quantities. It has reached alarming levels, and there is an urgent need to bring pesticide use under control. Residents have decided to adopt modern farming methods and drone technology to implement precision farming techniques.
Teams must build two drones to:
Scan an area of 2 acres to identify crops under stress (depicted by pigmentation on leaves) while avoiding obstacles like trees, poles and wires.
Geotag plants on a map.
Deploy a spraying drone to spray pesticides on the specific plants.
Each team may build one drone as a “Scan Drone” to scan and identify stressed crops and another drone as a “Spray Drone” to spray pesticides.
Teams may also consider building both drones as a combination of “Scan+Spray Drone”. The solution strategy shall remain flexible for teams.
Both drones must fly autonomously while reporting their status and mission details from a single command and control station.
However, teams shall also have the option to operate both drones manually with different command and control stations by accepting a Penalty as outlined in the subsequent section of this document.
Important Notification: Last date to register for NIDAR is 18th April 2025, 23:59:59 IST
