🥇 Dassault Challenge

Responsible for programming an innovative drone for agricultural assistance

Duration: 2022–2023
Role: Responsible for programming


Results

  • 🥇 1st place in 2023

Mission

The Dassault competition focuses on innovation. Each team must propose a technological solution to a problem using a drone.
Our team designed and built an innovative drone (Tail-Sitter) for agricultural assistance. It monitors livestock and captures images to map and calculate plant indices necessary for optimizing agricultural yields.


Skills Acquired

  • Image Processing: Plant index calculation, object recognition, cartography
  • Reinforcement Learning: Bicopter stability control problem
  • Aerodynamic Optimization: Profile parameterization and flight time optimization
  • Drone Programming