Drone Rescue Challenge

The team has to design and construct a drone (Tri, Quad, or Hexa) with the following specifications:

• The complete Drone (including Battery and landing gear) should be of length minimum 40cm*40cm (L*B) and maximum 75cm*75cm (LxB) (Measured diagonally – motor shaft to shaft / Wheel Base of the Drone frame) and must weigh less than 2Kg.
• There is no restriction on the use of any frame material or specification of the BLDC Motors, Electronic Speed Controllers, Propellers, Batteries, and Weight of the Drone.
• The Drone must be electrically powered only.

The field area would be approx 100 M².

• There are marked/specified regions/spots to take off and land the drone.
• Hurdles will be placed at different locations in the arena.
• Fields will have arrows marked to depict the maneuvering path.
• Specific checkpoints will be defined in the arena for changing the batteries, adjusting gains, calibration of sensors, etc.
• Time will be given to the teams for charging their batteries at the completion of every stage. The requirement of time of charging the batteries during the conduct of competition will not be entertained.

Pre-Game setup:

• The Drone will be evaluated on various parameters such as design, construction, and innovation.
• Every aspect of the Drone will be observed for scoring which includes the connection of various parts, fixing of components, materials used, aeromodelling, etc.

Game Clock: The game clock starts as soon as the referee commands the beginning of the round and stops as soon as the maximum access time (5 Minutes) of that round elapse.

Run Time: Run time starts as soon as the game clock starts/the drone takes off and stops when the drone lands successfully.

Flight time: The flight time will be the official time taken by each drone. Flight time = (Total Access time for the round)-(Run time)

Round 1 (5 min) FIELD SURVEY:

• Minimum 3 to maximum 4 teams would be playing at a time.
• In this round, Team has to do a survey of fire ground to gather information about casualties, observing terrains and obstacles. (2 min)
• Reporting the data and status of fireground to team and making the strategy for operation. (1min)
• Meeting with other team captains for cooperation to make the rescue mission successful. (2 min)
• The challenge is to take off from a specific location and land within the boundary of a predetermined circular landing spot in the minimum time possible and before the access time elapse.
• The top 15 teams to complete the circuit with the best timings will move to the final round.

Round 2 (5min) RESCUE ROUND

• Different colour of “Rescue Boxes” will be kept in center area, one each allocated to 1 team.
• Drone to pick casual bodies (weight appx 100gm) from fireground and drop them in Rescue Box.
• Points will be awarded for each life saved (Collection of bodies in Rescue Box) with the defined timeline.
• The team completing the round in the minimum time to complete the round and scoring the maximum point will be nominated as the winner of the competition.

Radio Control: Radio control requirements:

Radio systems MUST NOT cause interference to other frequency users. At drone, only the 2.4ghz DSS (Digital Spread Spectrum) frequencies are allowed. Radio telemetry is permitted on 433MHz and 2.4GHz.

Venue :

• Chennai - SRM University
• Pune – MIT-ADT University
• Kolkata – Dr. Sudhir Chandra Sur Institute
• Chandigarh – Amity University

Junior Challenge : Age as on 30th June 2026 should be up to 16 years to be eligible to participate.

Registration Fee:

• Zonal Registration (India): INR 1,200 + 18% GST per challenge
• National Registration (India): INR 2,500 + 18% GST per challenge
• WRC: USD 65 per challenge

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Zonal Prize Money: The zonal competition is divided into four zones, with an allocation of INR 5 lakh in total.

Zonal Championship Prize Bifurcation: (Top Winners among four Zonal Championships)

• INR 20,000 (1st Prize) | INR 15,000 (2nd Prize) | INR 10,000 (3rd Prize)

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National Championship Prize Bifurcation:

• INR 40,000 (1st Prize) | INR 30,000 (2nd Prize) | INR 20,000 (3rd Prize)

Certification: WORSO & AICRA

Registration mode: Online.