Distributed Intelligence 2024 CIEDS Challenge: "Control a swarm of drones for rescue missions!"
Exploring an unknown area for rescue missions
The aim of the mission is to explore an unknown, difficult-to-access and potentially dangerous area, in order to search for people and guide them out of the area.
A typical use case is an investigation in the darkness or smoke of the basement of a collapsed building to locate trapped people and rescue them by guiding them to the exit.
The drones will have to manage the limited range of communications, collaborate with each other to acquire information, be able to handle sensor and communications failures and unforeseen events such as loss of drones or GPS, in order to carry out this mission autonomously.
Entry requirements
The competition is open to students from the Institut Polytechnique de Paris and Ministry of Defence schools (ISAE-SUPAÉRO et ENSTA Bretagne).
The challenge will take place exclusively in a Python simulation environment, where the aim is to develop a decentralized control system.
The challenge does not require any significant prior technical skills (beyond knowledge of the Python language), and will mainly mobilize participants' creativity and scientific curiosity.
The assessment will be carried out on an unknown board during the competition final and a presentation in front of a jury of experts.
Presentation session & launch of the challenge
To mark the launch of the 2024 edition of the "Distributed Intelligence" challenge, the CIEDS team is organizing a session to present the competition!
• Date : October 15, 2024
• Time: 6pm - 7pm
• Venue: Amphitheatre of the X-Novation center, École polytechnique and webinar
This session will present the timetable, the scenario, how to participate...
Find out all about the 2024 edition of the "Distributed Intelligence" challenge!
Calendar
- October 15, 2024: Opening of the challenge & presentation session
- December 3, 2024: First interim evaluation
- January 28, 2025: Second interim evaluation
- March 13, 2025: Final evaluation and presentation to a jury
- March 13, 2025: Prizes awarded to the first 3 winning teams
Team support
Throughout the challenge, teams are supported by the organizing team, made up of experts in the field of navigation, exploration and multi-drone coordination.
This approach will enable students to propose varied and innovative solutions to navigation, exploration and rescue problems.
A look back at the 2023 winning teams
First place went to the ENSTA Paris team comprising Fabien Girard and Louis Maurin. The jury particularly appreciated the quality of the presentation, the pragmatism and great optimisation of the solutions, as well as the very good management of the areas of difficulty and their complex interactions. An approach that proved extremely effective!
Second place went to the Télécom Paris team comprising Hippolyte Verninas, Emile Le Gallic and Noé Vernier. They stood out for the very good illustrations in their presentation and the notion of trust used to share maps.
Third place went to the ENSTA Paris team comprising Marc-Antoine OUDOTTE, Victor Morand and Thomas Crasson. The jury praised the originality of the visibility graph-based trajectory planning solution.
The Distributed Intelligence Challenge is a unique opportunity for students from the Institut Polytechnique de Paris and Ministry of the Armed Forces schools to mobilize their creativity and curiosity to control a swarm of drones for rescue missions, on subjects with real impact!
The CIEDS Distributed Intelligence Challenge is supported by the French Defence Innovation Agency.
