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Among the best three until the end.
The UPCT Drone Team, the Cartagena Polytechnic competition team that made its debut in drone competitions this year, has finished third in the Iberian Drone League, always being among the best peninsular teams in the five great disputed awards. The international Iberian Drone League event, a spectacular competition in the air, combines technology, speed, skill and teamwork.
During the races, the drones reach speeds of up to 150 kilometers per hour and have to overcome various air obstacles. This weekend the last major prizes of the competition were held in Madrid.
In the fifth and final, the UPCT Drone Team has achieved third place, consolidating its position in the third box of the podium in the general classification.
The Polytechnic of Cartagena is the only university that participates in this competition, in whose first two great prizes, held in Toledo and Ucl s, the UPCT was placed second and third, respectively. The professor in charge of the team, Antonio Guerrero, from the Systems and Automation Engineering area, congratulated the team members and highlighted the effort and merit of the UPCT students, since they They are measuring with participants of the highest level. “Participating in the UPCT Drone Team opens many doors for you and gives you the possibility to enter the world of competition and to use a material that would be unattainable otherwise,” explains Sergio Garc a, captain of the team, which also highlights how “with drones we learn a lot of technology, as we apply theoretical knowledge acquired at the University.
The programming of the controllers of the drones to be adjusted, the study of the performance of their motors or the connectivity of their antennas, are some of the examples of university teachings put into practice during the competition that he cites.
this Electronic Engineering student.
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Source: UPCT
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