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.