Advanced Artificial Intelligence Powered Drone Technology
Brain-ina-Box AI Technology for Control of Fully-Autonomous Drones
Romaniuk AI-powered Autonomous Drone Technology
MobileTimesToday holds multiple in-house developed provisional patents which are aimed at providing the necessary technology
for creating the brain-ina-box guidance system to help drones naviagte on heir own without any external guidance system (i.e.,
Internet technology, fly-by-wire, GPS, etc.). MobileTimesToday is especially interested in further developing and future-proving
this technology for micro-, nano-, and pico-drones. We use the following convention for estimating the size of these drones:
- Micro - a drone that fits in the palm of your hands.
- Nano - a drone the size of a silver dollar.
- Pico - a drone the size of a fly or mosquito.
At MobileTimesToday, we are especially interested in creating autonomous drones which resemble artificial life forms. For us, a POC of
such a drone will have to demonstrate it's survivability in any type of adversarial real-life environment - just like carbon life forms have demonstrated
for hundreds of millions of years. Additionally, the company is also interested in payloading these drones for search and rescue operations as they
are encountered after natural and man-made disasters.
The Grand Challenge of Tahiti for Autonomous Drones
To help foster the development and deployment of these technologies, MobileTimesToday has created an annual event in form of a grand challenge to demostrate
the feasabilty of creating and deploying fully automated, ai-powered autonomous drones. Below you may find the generic call for participation as either a
competitor or a sponsor of the grand challenge.
Championship
Grand Challenge of Tahiti for Autonomous Drones
Where: Tahiti (French Polynesia)
When: Second week December 2023
Why: Assess the current status of advanced drone and AI technology.
Who: Anybody can participate. Simply send us the web url of your site describing your drone and its capabilities. A short video of your drone in action would also be nice. Make sure you carefully read the description on what constitutes a truly autonomous drone. If we like what we see, or have any further questions, we will contact you. You will then also receive a download link for the Tahiti drone video data.
Rules: The championship will consist of three tests being executed on alternating days. All tests will occur during the daytime and start early in the morning. The schedule:
- Day Arrival
- Day 1 Trial
- Day Day of rest
- Day 2 Trial
- Day Day of rest
- Day 3 Trial
- Day Departure
If on any of the trial days the weather conditions deteriorate the trial will be stopped and restarted on the next day.
What constitutes an autonomous drone?
In the most simplest terms, all drone navigation is handled by the drone on board. In other words no WiFi, no Internet, no GPS, no human intervention in any form or manner and no fly-by-wire control. All navigation has to be performed by the drone on its own.
How will the drone be informed of its target destination?
3 modes are being considered:
The name of the target (either in English, French, or the local Tahitian language). For example, this can be a landmark name like: "Les trois cascades".
A short description of the target in either English or French. For example, "The target being sought is a church with a high steeple. The steeple contains a clock facing towards the ocean. The clock has no minute and hour arm. After detecting the target, fly around it, and take an aerial video. Finally, return to the original starting location.".
A still image or a video depicting the object.
Trial competition modus operandi
The day starts at 5:30 am. The contestants will all receive the same destination target. Everyone has 2 hours time at their disposal to enter the information into the drones. As soon as everyone has completed this task, or the 2 hours are up, the drones and the contestants will be taken to an undisclosed starting point on the island of Tahiti. Once the starting point has been reached the contestants will be asked to activate their drones. No further interaction between the contestants and their drones will be allowed.
Winner: The winner will be cured based on an overall score of how close he/she came to solving all three trials and the amount of time it took to complete the task.
Contact for Entering or Sponsoring the Event
Anyone interested in helping to bring this event to a successful fruition should contact MobileTimesToday today!
