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Outback Joe is at his property in remote Queensland, Australia and has been feeling unwell. He has had a remote consultation with his doctor using video conferencing, and his doctor has requested some blood tests be done as soon as possible. Joe is well prepared, has a home sample taking kit, and has taken his blood sample. The challenge is now to get the blood sample to the lab. Joe’s property is very remote and to make matters worse, it has been cut off by floodwaters.

Teams are invited to attempt to retrieve a blood sample from the remote Outback Joe and return it to base where medical staff will be waiting to analyse it. Teams must deploy unmanned aircraft to Joe’s location, and then return a sample bottle from him utilising a remote landing and takeoff site close to him. They must complete all of this within one hour.

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  • Adam Bell August 31, 2016 at 3:26pm

    Has anyone seen the solutions proposed by either Forward Robotics or Mavlab TU Delft, I don't think they elected to make their D3's public?

  • JB August 31, 2016 at 6:43am

    Nice we now finally know what the teams are in the OBC 2016: https://uavchallenge.org/

    Congrats to all that made it.

    See you there soon!

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  • JB August 17, 2016 at 9:05pm

    Thanks Tridge!

    Much appreciated! Looking forward to flying it. :-)

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    Andrew Tridgell August 17, 2016 at 8:55pm

    For everyone using ArduPilot quadplane you may like to know that there have been some important bugfixes in master for OBC'2016. Two keys ones are:

    • fixes for the AFS (advanced failsafe) code for quadplanes
    • fixes for VTOL motors starting during a preflight reboot

    Tom and I hope to get a 3.7.0 release out soon with these fixes

  • JB August 17, 2016 at 9:10am

    Looks like there are 11 teams that will make it through to the OBC (3 pending). Which is less than last time. Does that mean it's harder, different or not so much interest competing? https://uavchallenge.org/ 

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    Andrew Tridgell August 17, 2016 at 3:49am

    CanberraUAV got a go for D3

  • deadhurricane August 17, 2016 at 2:09am

    Monash UAS have a Go decision as well, looking forward to seeing everyone there!

  • JB August 16, 2016 at 6:38pm

    PerthUAV are a go for the OBC! Is going to be fun!

  • Stephen Gloor August 16, 2016 at 4:40pm

    WestCoastUAV are go - see you there

  • Joshua August 16, 2016 at 4:35pm

    UNSW Canberra UAV Team has been given a Go decision for Deliverable 3!

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