AlphaPilot Innovation Challenge

Deadline: 2018-01-01
Award: $2,000,000
Open to: 18 years and older*

Drone racing is one of the world’s fastest growing sports, with over 60 million annual viewers across 80 countries. Unique race venues and speeds exceeding 80 mph make drone racing the ultimate sport for showcasing the potential of autonomous systems.

All you need to compete is computational infrastructure for your AI/ML design, testing, and training. All drone aspects – platform, GPUs, sensors, simulations, and datasets – will be provided. Our goal is to make AI/ML quality the only discriminator.

Your challenge is to design an artificial intelligence and machine learning (AI/ML) framework capable of flying a drone through several professional drone racing courses without human intervention or navigational pre-programing.