NORTHFIELD, Minn. (AP) - A team of 10 students from two colleges in Minnesota and one university in North Dakota is building a drone in preparation for an international robotics competition.
The team made up of students from Carleton and St. Olaf colleges and North Dakota State University are to compete at the International Aerial Robotics event in Atlanta this July.
The contest challenges competitors to build a drone that can avoid obstacles and make decisions on its own. The drone can't rely on external guidance systems like GPS or remote control, so the team's project will use cameras, ultrasonic sensors and radar to know where it is.