The Flying Donkey Challenge

The Flying Donkey Challenge is an escalating series of sub-challenges held annually in Africa. World-leading roboticists, engineers, regulators, entrepreneurs, logisticians, and designers will win substantial grants by advancing the safety, durability, legality, profitability and friendliness of cargo robots.

Before 2020, with world media attention, the sub-challenges will culminate in a race of Flying Donkeys* around Mount Kenya in under 24 hours, delivering and collecting 20 kilo payloads along the way. The winner(s) will collect a multi-million dollar prize.

*cargo robots with a maximum takeoff weight of 60 kilos

2014 Edition, Kenya 8-16 November

For the first edition, 4 enabling technology and design sub-challenges will be organised:

• Sub-Challenge #1 : Precision Takeoff & Landing

• Sub-Challenge #2 : GPS Denied Navigation

• Sub-Challenge #3 : Sense & Avoid

• Sub-Challenge #4 : Cargo Delivery

and 3 non-technical competitions:

• Sub-Challenge #5 : Business Model Competition

• Sub-Challenge #6 : Legal Paper (to be announced)

• Sub-Challenge #7 : Logistics Paper (to be announced)

 

You’ll find more information on the sub-challenges by clicking on the links above.

 

Flying Donkey Challenge : Rules