Coming in 2019! University and college teams from across Canada will test their team work and problem solving skills to assist a power utility company in Alma Quebec whose solar farm has been damaged by severe thunder storms. This made in Canada SIMULATED BVLOS scenario will have teams identify the damage, note significant changes […]
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The Honourable Catherine McKenna, Minister of Environment and Climate Change Canada, on behalf of the Honourable Mark Garneau, Minister of Transport Canada, announced the Advanced Connectivity and Automation in the Transportation System (ACATS) program and Clean Rail Academic Grant Program on August 29, 2018 at Carleton University in Ottawa. Of the […]
National Unmanned Ground Vehicle Student Competition Announced! Unmanned Systems Canada is pleased to announce Canada’s first Unmanned Ground Vehicle (UGV) Student Competition, modelled after our very successful and long-running Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) Student Competition. As with our UAV Competition, this new UGV Competition will allow students at post-secondary institutions across Canada to develop a scale […]
Unmanned Systems Canada is excited to announce that our Annual Student Paper Competition will once again be featured at our 2018 Conference from 30 October-1 November in Vancouver, BC at The Westin Bayshore Hotel. The Competition is open to all Canadian undergraduate and graduate students at a recognized university or college who are registered in […]
Call for Papers Unmanned Systems Canada is pleased to announce that we are now accepting proposals for Conference Technical Papers to be presented at this year’s UC18, being held in Vancouver, BC this fall, Oct 30 – Nov 1st, 2018. Abstracts for Technical Presentations are sought regarding all subject areas related to unmanned vehicle systems, research […]
The Unmanned Systems Canada is excited to announce that our Annual Student Paper Competition will once again be featured at our 2018 Conference from 30 October-1 November in Vancouver, BC at The Westin Bayshore Hotel. The Competition is open to all Canadian undergraduate and graduate students at a recognized university or college who are registered […]
Congratulations to University of Victoria – Team UVic Aero, who successfully used their technology and team work to crack the code on the biker gang hideout. It was all part of the 2018 Student UAS Competition crime scene investigation scenario, played out thanks to the hospitality of Southport MB and to the local RCMP detachment […]
Phase 1 of the 2018 Student UAS Competition is complete. The judges received first class papers with innovative solutions to the crime scene investigation scenario involving a simulated BVLOS exercise to collect data, photograph and drop and retrieve a ” secret device” all on a biker gang holed up in a barn. The results are […]
Student Unmanned Aircraft Systems Competition- Students Summoned by Police It is not unusual for students to have a run-in with the law, but these students are taking their best technology to be on side with the police. This year 14 university teams from across Canada have been summoned by the Manitoba RCMP to provide UAS […]
It is not unusual for students to have a run-in with the law, but these students are taking their best technology to be on side with the police. This year 14 university teams from across Canada have been summoned by the Manitoba RCMP to provide UAS support in a crime scene investigation. This 10th annual […]