2023 Antelope Valley Aerospace Robotics Competition

The 2023 Antelope Valley Aerospace Robotics Competition will be held at Little Rock High School in Palmdale, CA in the spring.

The Aerospace Robotics Competition is a high school drone competition designed to give students experience with designing, building, programming, and flying aerospace systems. The competition is a fun and challenging yet accessible to all students regardless of educational and financial background. Students will gain relevant and important life skills such as problem solving, technical communication, and team work by participating in this exciting competition.

This year's spring kit competition will focus heavily on engineering and drone operations skills. Teams will be asked to carry out a variety of design tasks from designing autonomously released mechanisms to developing flight plans and executing it on the drone. We are very excited about the competition we have come up with, and can't wait to see the teams fly their designs in the spring! Mentors will be assigned who can help teams develop engineering and life skills while participating in this fun experience. For more details about this year’s challenge, the draft rulebook has been released and you can find it here: RULEBOOK

Schedule

  • January: Competition start

  • January 11th: Competition Kick-off

  • January 25th: One-day Kit Training Session (recorded)

  • February (TBD) : Office hours (Recorded)

  • March (TBD) : Office hours

  • 4/22/23: In-person Competition at Little Rock High School

Cost

We are aiming for the competition to cost approximately $1000~1200 per team. The cost breakdown is as follows:

  • $400 Registration Fee (due Feb. 1st 2023) We can provide invoices if needed (please reach out to aero.robotics.comp@gmail.com for purchasing assistance)

  • $600~800 Kit Drone. Drone cost is dependent on whether we purchase the drone and deliver in kit format it to you at cost or if the team would rather purchase on their own. Kit details can be found here: Kit Details. If you would like us to provide a kit to you, please fill out this order form: STEM-ED Drone Kit Order Form

If you are a team that wants to participate but may struggle with the funding, please reach out to us before deciding whether to compete! This competition is geared towards supporting anyone who wants to compete regardless of financing situation, so we are willing to provide some assistance and flexibility in allowing teams to participate.

I’m interested in competing! What are my next steps?

Once you’ve registered, we will be in touch with additional details about our competition kick-off, mentor assignments, and other important details by January. In the meantime, if you have any questions, please reach out to us at aero.robotics.comp@gmail.com.