AFSU Drone Race & Drone Weightlifting Championship hosted by MITAOE Alandi concludes in Pune
v The team Techrovers from Government College of Engineering Aurangabad emerged victorious in the both AFSU Drone racing and Drone Weightlifting Championship hosted by MIT Academy of Engineering, Alandi . In drone racing Team Phoenix from MIT Academy of Engineering bagged the second prize, while the team from Symbiosis SSPU stood third. In drone weightlifting team from AISSMS bagged the second spot while Team Anantam from MIT Academy of Engineering secured the third prize .
The two day AFSU (Aviation and Space Federation for Universe) Drone Race & Drone Weightlifting Championship was held in Pune on Friday and Saturday at the MIT Academy of Engineering, Alandi .The competition is a part of the 2nd National Drone ranking series being conducted under the aegis of BIAG India by ASFU
The ASFU Drone Championship 22 was inaugurated on 2nd September 22 by the hands of Mr. Madan Mohan Sethi , Constellate General of India , Ho Chi Min City, Vietnam in presence of Brigadier NP Singh, Mr Ashu Gupta, Executive Director, International Aviation Games Board , Dr Ranjana Bhaskar Scientist ZSI,and Dr Mahesh Goudar, Director MIT Academy of Engineering ,Alandi & Dr B. B Waphare , MIT Arts & Science college , Alandi along with online presence of Prof. Anil Sahasrabuddhe. Chairman AICTE , Prof K.K Aggarwal Chairman NBA, , Prof . Velraj , VC Anna University Tamil Nadu, Prof. VinayKumar Pathak, VC CSJMU Kanpur, Jogendra Singh , Global President –Finance , Hero Corp, Harvinder Singh , Country Manager United Airlines India, Director United Airlines Business Services , Prof. Sandeep Sanchit VC Marwadi University, Dr Sitharam Director IIT Guwahati and Mr Sampath Vice President & CEO – Defence & Aerospace, Adani Group.
In Drone Racing, the participant had to go through some obstacles without crashing or without touching the obstacles which are in the form of squares, Rectangle, Cross Fitted Square, and circle-shaped objects. The obstacles in the arena will necessitate the participants to manoeuvre the drones horizontally as well as vertically.
For Drone Weight lifting the participants had to lift objects of certain dimensions and carry them up and down and take a circular turn and put the piece at the desired location.
ASFU has designed a series of various projects and now starting activities in India for the youths, as suggested by the World federation for India which includes Computer sports (AI, Robotics & UAV and soon adding more), Those who are triumphant in these competitions will get to participate in forthcoming international & world UAV/ Drone championships in coming time.
