HoverGames
HoverGames
Join the second challenge and build flying robots
to protect people in pandemics
Tackle societal issues, one line of code at a time
Coders, developers, and innovators may not have superhero powers, but we have the next best thing: We know how to creatively solve problems. Where most see a roadblock, we see ways to drive around it. With patience, creativity and perseverance, there is not a situation that we can’t improve.
This is why we created HoverGames.
Each HoverGames virtual coding and hardware challenge takes place over several months. Using the HoverGames drone development kit, you’ll address some of the biggest challenges facing society: disaster management, health crises, environmental protection, wildlife conservation and more.
Join the second HoverGames Challenge: Protecting People in Pandemics
Pandemics threaten not only the health of everyone, they can also disrupt our way of life and inflict widespread societal and economic harm. Pandemics have the potential to break down geopolitical borders and reshape the entire course of history.
Join the second HoverGames Challenge starting June 2020 and build a robotic drone system to help first responders in pandemics in their mission of saving lives and helping people. The NXP HoverGames drone development kit includes everything you need to get started on your flying robot. Sign up here to be among the first to register for the second challenge.
Meet the winners of the first Challenge Fight Fires with Flyers
1st Place
Dobrea Dan Marius’s autonomous human detector drone
Our winner took this starting point and added an additional sensor to his drone, with an aim to aid firefighters in locating people in need in the fire zone.
2nd Place
AK’s machine learning fire-class analyser
AK’s entry helps firefighters identify the chemical cause of a fire, then recommends the most appropriate means of putting it out and the size of crew required.
3rd Place
Tatsuya Iwai’s lightning-detection system
Tatsuya’s drone helps authorities keep their fingers on the pulse, by sensing lightning at distances of up to 40 km.
Meet our four additional award winners
In addition to the three main winners, we’re very excited to announce four additional prizes of $1,000 each that we are awarding together with our key partners: Arm, Auterion, Dronecode, and Twain Harte Fire Department – all collaborating to provide crucial software and hardware expertise plus, in the case of our brave first responders, important information about usability on the frontline.
Twain Harte First responders award
ARM Unicorn award
This project successfully uses the HoverGames drone development kit and integrates open source Arm powered hardware and open source software (PX4) to improve the response time in emergencies.
Auterion PX4 Award
The project showcases how the PX4 ecosystem modular architecture allows creating, in quick time, solid proof of concepts for business-critical drone applications.
Dronecode Award
Physicsman’s project shows the innovation of using a rough sensor to generate accurate results. It exposes the value of this specific kind of sensing and made it pretty outstanding in the overall.
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HoverGames Challenge 1 “Fight Fire with Flyers”(Closed)
HoverGames Fight Fires with Flyers was the first in a series of interactive coding competitions allowing talented developers across the globe to address some of the biggest challenges facing society.
In challenge 1, we asked you to come up with creative ways firefighters could use drones to protect and save lives. We have been impressed by your innovative and unique ideas. But see for yourself in our highlight video.