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 Survival Guide to World Travel

The first volume for French Polynesia has been completed.
Sponsoring opportunities exist for the following 2 routes:

A. Northern Route
Sweden -> Norway-> Arctic Circle

B. Southern Route
Uruguay -> Argentina-> Tierra del Fuego -> Ant-Arctic Circle

If interested in how to sponsor these survival guides, send a message with "Survival Guide" in the subject header.
Monetary, equipment, and logistic support are welcome.

Visit: https://stevegromaniuk.com to submit message via form.

Grand Challenge of Tahiti for Autonomous Drones

 

1. Championship

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3. Grand Challenge of Tahiti for Autonomous Drones
    

4. Where: Tahiti (French Polynesia)
5. When: Second week December 2024
6. Why: Assess the current status of advanced drone and AI technology.
7. Who: Anybody can participate. Simply send us the web url of your site describing your drone and its capabilities. A short video of your drone in action would also be nice. Make sure you carefully read the description on what constitutes a truly autonomous drone. If we like what we see, or have any further questions, we will contact you. You will then also receive a download link for the Tahiti drone video data.
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9. Rules: The championship will consist of three tests being executed on alternating days. All tests will occur during the daytime and start early in the morning. The schedule:
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11. 1. Day Arrival
12. 2. Day 1 Trial
13. 3. Day Day of rest
14. 4. Day 2 Trial
15. 5. Day Day of rest
16. 6. Day 3 Trial
17. 7. Day Departure
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19. If on any of the trial days the weather conditions deteriorate the trial will be stopped and restarted on the next day.
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21. What constitutes an autonomous drone?

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23. In the most simplest terms, all drone navigation is handled by the drone on board. In other words no WiFi, no Internet, no GPS, no human intervention in any form or manner and no fly-by-wire control. All navigation has to be performed by the drone on its own.

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    How will the drone be informed of its target destination?

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26. 3 modes are being considered:
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28. 1. The name of the target (either in English, French, or the local Tahitian language). For example, this can be a landmark name like: "Les trois cascades".
29. 2. A short description of the target in either English or French. For example, "The target being sought is a church with a high steeple. The steeple contains a clock facing towards the ocean. The clock has no minute and hour arm. After detecting the target, fly around it, and take an aerial video. Finally, return to the original starting location.".
30. 3. A still image or a video depicting the object.
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32. Trial competition modus operandi:

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34. The day starts at 5:30 am. The contestants will all receive the same destination target. Everyone has 2 hours time at their disposal to enter the information into the drones. As soon as everyone has completed this task, or the 2 hours are up, the drones and the contestants will be taken to an undisclosed starting point on the island of Tahiti. Once the starting point has been reached the contestants will be asked to activate their drones. No further interaction between the contestants and their drones will be allowed.
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36. Winner: The winner will be cured based on an overall score of how close he/she came to solving all three trials and the amount of time it took to complete the task.
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38. Contact:
39. Email: mobiletimestoday@gmail.com
40. Phone: +689 89687038 (French Polynesia) or +1 347-857-9126
41. Organizer: http://mobiletimestoday.stevegromaniuk.com
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