Drone Odyssey Challenge

The theme of this year's Drone Odyssey is "Drones for Good" with a focus on utilizing drones to address future challenges and promote technology for positive impact.

Participants can gain insights into the significant role of drones in addressing challenges through this year’s DOC.

 

OBSTACLE CHALLENGE

Sub-category	Allowed Drone	Level
Category A1	Parrot Mambo / CoDrone Edu	Primary (7 to 12 years old)
Category A2	DJI Tello / Tello Edu / Tello Talent	Primary (7 to 12 years old)
Category B1	Parrot Mambo / CoDrone Edu	Secondary (13 to 16/17 years old)
Category B2	DJI Tello / Tello Edu / Tello Talent	Secondary (13 to 16/17 years old)

DRONE SWARMING CHALLENGE

Sub-category	Allowed Drone	Level
Category C1	DJI Tello / Tello Edu / Tello Talent	Primary/ Secondary/ JC/ Poly/ ITE (7 to 20 years old)

*NEW!* AI VISUAL SENSING 

Sub-category	Allowed Drone	Level
Category D1	DJI Tello / Tello Edu / Tello Talent	Primary/ Secondary/ JC/ Poly/ ITE (7 to 20 years old)

 

*NEW!*DRONE SOCCER

Sub-category	Drone	Level
Category E	Drone Soccer Balls will be provided*	Primary/ Secondary/ JC/ Poly/ ITE (7 to 20 years old)

*Drone Soccer Balls will be provided during competition matches

Download the respective Challenge Booklets

 

Category A1 to D1 : DOC24 General Rules Booklet

Category A1 to B2 : DOC24 Obstacle Challenge Booklet

Category C1 : DOC24 Swarming Challenge Booklet

Category D1 : DOC24 AI Powered Visual Sensing Challenge Booklet

Category E : DOC24 Drone Soccer Challenge Booklet

Webinar Slides : DOC24 Challenge Announcement Slides

Registration is now open. 

Kindly register your teams here promptly to secure your slots!

For further enquires, kindly email to drone_odyssey@science.edu.sg

 

DRONE 101 WORKSHOP (FREE!)

We have introductory drone workshops lined up for participants to prepare them for the competition.

Please refer to the following schedule below for more details:

Workshop	Date	Time	Location
CAT B1/B2 - Obstacle Challenge	Thur, 3 May 2024	2.30pm – 5pm	Annexe Hall 2
CAT C – Drone Swarming	Fri, 10 May 2024	2.30pm – 5pm	Annexe Hall 2
CAT A1/A2 – Obstacle Challenge	Wed, 15 May 2024	2.30pm – 5pm	Annexe Hall 2
CAT D – AI Power Visual Sensing	Fri, 17 May 2024	2.30pm – 5pm	Annexe Hall 2
CAT E – Drone Soccer	Every Thur, 23 May – 4 July 2024	2pm – 4pm 4pm – 6pm	Annexe Hall 2

DRONE SOCCER WORKSHOP (BRIEFING & PRACTICE)

Participants who have successfully registered for Drone Soccer may sign up for the Drone Soccer Workshop.

For further inquiries, please do not hesitate to contact us at drone_odyssey@science.edu.sg.

 

The organisers may collect, use, disclose and share with its joint organisers and/or service providers, your personal data, including photographs or audio-video or other recordings of you captured or obtained by or for DOC ("Material"), for publicity and/or use in advertisements across all media, including, without limitation, in the organisers' publications, presentations, promotional materials on its websites, in its original or edited format, whether to promote DOC or otherwise, and without further notification, remuneration or compensation to you.

Drone Odyssey Challenge is an exciting game-based competition that promises plenty of fun! It inculcates technical skillsets, critical thinking, and an appreciation of new and disruptive technologies relevant to the modern world. Open to students from the Primary and Secondary levels, this competition will see participants working together in teams to code their programmable drones to transform them into Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) capable of performing tasks under given scenarios.

Drone Odyssey Challenge is organised by Science Centre Singapore and EP Tec Solutions PTE LTD with support from the Ministry of Education (MOE) and various partners.

For further enquiries, kindly email to drone_odyssey@science.edu.sg.

Kindly note that photographs or video recordings may be taken throughout the course of the workshop and competition. By attending the workshop and/or competition, you consent to having photographs of you taken which may be used by the Science Centre for publicity purposes.

Admin Matters

FAQs	Our replies
How many team members in a group? Can it be individual as well?	Teams of TWO (2) to FOUR (4) individuals, can register to compete in the challenge.
Are siblings able to form a team?	Yes, siblings are able to form a team as long as they are in the same age group category.
Are participants able to participate in 2 competitions or can they only take part in 1?	They can take part in both competitions.
Is the challenge open to students from Special Education Schools (SPED)? Are we (SPED participants allowed to collaborate with students from General Education for this challenge?	We do not have any restrictions on the participants and their teaming.
With regards to payment mode for registration, would it be possible to e-invoice to my school for the competition?	Regrettably, there has been a change in the payment method, and we are unable to offer e-invoicing to schools.   We acknowledge the potential challenges in processing payments for schools, and we request the support of coaches to facilitate a seamless registration process for the students.

Drone Related

FAQs	Our replies
Do we need to have our own drones?	Yes, you need to use your own drones for this competition. Accepted models of drones are listed in the categories challenges.
Does every member require a drone each? Or one drone for one team is sufficient?	For Obstacle Challenge, one drone for each team is sufficient to complete the tasks. Participants are to use a smart device (usually a tablet) to code out the actions of the drone.   For Drone Swarming Challenge, multiple drones are required for the competition.
Loan-A-Drone	Currently, we don’t have any drones available for loan. You may purchase the accepted models of drones from any vendors in the market.

Obstacle Challenge

FAQs	Our replies
Do drones need to be pre-programmed or manually controlled?	Drones are to be pre-programmed for Obstacle Challenge Tournaments.

Drone Swarming Challenge

FAQs	Our replies
Can you elaborate on point 1g of page 7 of challenge booklet "participants are to introduce themselves with their safety supervisor"?	Before the start of the drone swarming video, participants are to include a scene where they introduce themselves (their team name and names) and their safely supervisor. This scene of introduction do not have to be in the same take as the drone swarming.