Autonomous Field Challenges
Competitions
IMAV is world-renowned for pushing autonomous drones beyond laboratories into realistic high-consequence environments: GPS-denied structural ruins and open-air search and rescue.
Rulebook v1.0
Official scoring rubric, arena safety boundaries, killswitch standards, and frequency bands.
Call for Teams
Qualification roadmap, preliminary technical reports, flight videos, and pit allocation.
Results & Scores
Live leaderboard status during flight week and archive of previous champions since 2009.
Indoor Autonomous Challenge
Located in the USP Sports Arena. Completely GPS-denied. Drones must utilize onboard SLAM, optical flow, and computer vision to traverse narrow apertures and identify victims.
Outdoor Mission Challenge
Located at the São Carlos Airfield proving grounds. Long-range autonomous waypoint patrol, wind gust disturbance compensation, and precision emergency payload delivery.