Teams from Calamvale Community College and John Paul College have taken out second and third places in a UAV Challenge.
QUT robotics Professor Jonathan Roberts said the CSIRO-QUT jointly run UAV Airborne Delivery Challenge offered opportunities for the young aerial roboticists of the future to think creatively, work in teams and develop the skills they will need to one day lead the industry.
The teams of high-school students used radio-controlled aircraft with novel delivery mechanisms to deliver an Epipen to manikin Outback Joe who was suffering a severe allergic reaction.
Rookie team, Calamvale Predators (pictured right) from Calamvale Community College won $2,000 for second place and an additional $2,000 for the best placed rookie team. They built their custom quad copter at school
and it was built for speed.
JPV UAV team from John Paul College, Daisy Hill, (pictured below) came third and won $1,000 with three very accurate drops from their hexacopter.
The teams competed against 16
others from as far afield as China and California.
The UAV Airborn Delivery challenge was held at Calvert, near Ipswich on 20-22 September.
Media contact: Rose Trapnell, QUT media team leader, 07 3138 2361 or 0407 585 901 rose.trapnell@qut.edu.au
