University of Hawaii Drone Technologies

Competition Team

Our Mission

The purpose of VIP UHDT Competition Team is to create an autonomous Unmanned Aerial System (UAS) and an autonomous Unmanned Ground Vehicle (UGV) that successfully performs all expected obligations of the 2019 Autonomous Unmanned Vehicle Systems International (AUVSI) Seafarer Student Unmanned Aerial System (SUAS) competition to a higher degree than that of last year’s system.

The University of Hawaii Drone Technologies (UHDT) is an interdisciplinary, Vertically Integrated Project (VIP) composed of students from mechanical, computer, and electrical engineering (ME, CENG, EE) from freshman to senior standing. VIP UHDT strives to advance the applications of drones and drone technology in various areas, such as search and rescue (SAR) or package delivery. The competition team (UHDT-C) is continuing the efforts of previous years and working on completing the mission set forth by the Autonomous Unmanned Vehicle Systems International (AUVSI) Student Unmanned Aerial Systems (SUAS) competition. 

OVERVIEW
The AUVSI SUAS Competition is designed to foster interest in Unmanned Aerial Systems (UAS), stimulate interest in UAS technologies and careers, and to engage students in a challenging UAS mission. The competition requires students to design, integrate, report on, and demonstrate a UAS capable of autonomous flight and navigation, remote sensing via onboard payload sensors, object detection and execute the airdrop of an unmanned autonomous ground vehicle that shall drive to a specified location. The competition has been held annually since 2002.

 

2019 SUAS MISSION
A package delivery company has tasked an Unmanned Aerial System (UAS) to deliver a package to a customer. The UAS must avoid obstacles like buildings, identify potential drop locations, drop the package to a safe location, and then move the package to the customer’s location.

 

Our Team

UHDT is a Vertically Integrated Project (VIP) which is a worldwide association to integrate student from freshman through senior levels with various majors.

Progress

Time until competition 06/12/2019 40%

Updated 12/8/2018

WHY INVEST IN US

PROMOTE S.T.E.M.

The promotion of S.T.E.M. related fields in Hawaii is crucial to supporting the local youth to better and brighter futures.

GUIDE FUTURE ENGINEERS

Your funding allows projects like ours to flourish and guide the prospect engineers towards success the likely event of returning the favor.

PROMOTE FAA AWARENESS

As we near a more drone prominent society, awareness of the FAA rules and regulations stands crucial to the livelihood of drone related companies and projects similar to UHDT.

Finance Overview

Current Budget
Proposed Costs
Needed Funding
0
Current Funding Status
Total Costs

Why we do we need more funding?

Since engineering goes beyond the books, this competition represents an opportunity for the members of our team to apply what we learn into realtime applications and is essential to the growth and cultivation of an engineers quick problem solving skills. 

Currently only 5 members may be sent to competition. 

Our goal is 10

What do you get from investing in us?

Contact

Email our team to further information about our project