SparkFun just announced next year's Autonomous Vehicle Competition, an autonomous race around their building in Boulder, Colorado. The 2012 event will be held on Saturday, June 16 (later in the year than the last few times, to avoid inclement weather).

As in previous years, there will be two competitions: ground vehicles and air vehicles. The biggest change is that this year they won't be allowing any multicopters or helis in the air category due to safety concerns.

Check out the news posting here and the rules and entry here.

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Comment by Matt on December 15, 2011 at 3:04pm

I better get get working on ArduRover since theres no more quads!


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Comment by Pat Hickey on December 15, 2011 at 3:11pm

I'll be there, but I guess I'd better switch from focusing on ArduCopter to ArduPlane!


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Comment by Randy on December 15, 2011 at 4:35pm

That's terrible news.  I was even toying with taking some time off ahead of it to make sure my heli was ready.

I under stand their concern, I'd thought a lot about the danger..I was going to hand out those big red big baseball bats to people so they could protect themselves.

I really really think they need to reconsider..perhaps a venu change..perhaps around the building is not the best choice..maybe a nearby field with some pylons...and you could still launch the quads together like they do with the cars...what would be cool..certainly nobody's ever seen an autonomous quad race before..

Comment by Nick Urban on December 15, 2011 at 5:07pm

It's too bad this conflicts with the AUVSI UAS competition, otherwise I'd be interested in entering. Good luck to those who go.


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Comment by Brian on December 15, 2011 at 9:14pm

Sounds like DIYDrones  needs to sponsor a quad event at a near by ball park...  Of course, timing would need allow folks to travel between sites to allow competition in both events...


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Comment by jasonshort on December 15, 2011 at 10:41pm

It's shaping up that we might have a quad and copter course on Sunday. Anyone interested?

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