The call is out … With the technology to safely fly robotic
aircraft in Australian skies expected to be developed by the end
of 2014, competition in the next Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV)
Challenge will be hotter than ever. CSIRO and QUT are leading
research into the development of robotic aircraft systems and
Professor Duncan Campbell, Director of the Australian Research
Centre for Aerospace Automation (ARCAA) at QUT said the UAV
Challenge was instrumental in driving forward research and the
general public's understanding of unmanned flight. Teams from
around the World will come together in September 2014 in
Kingaroy, Queensland, to search for lost bushwalker, Outback
Joe. Their mission is to fly their robotic aircraft over a large
search area, find Outback Joe and drop him a package containing
500ml of lifesaving water. Fitted with onboard cameras, the
unmanned aircraft relay vision back to their teams enabling
their controllers to guide them into completing the rescue task
before returning to Kingaroy airp