The Aerial International Robotic Racing of Unmanned Systems (AIRUS) is an event were multiple teams spread across the world come together to race Unmanned Aerial Systems (UAS). The inaugural race was held on December 5th, 2015 at the Rec Center at Texas A&M University. For more information about this event, click here.
This event was possible due to the team of students that worked hard to make it happen.
Team Profiles
- Rhys Kroes
Communications Team Leader
International Communications Team member
Set up International Communications systems for Texas team
Local Communications Team member
Set up Local Communications system for Texas team
Ground Station Team member
Set up signal relays for UAV to ground station
- Roger Pham
UAV Team maintenance
Building and fixing the quadcopter.
Managing inventory.
International Communications Team member
Helping signal management
- Seward Nguyen
UAV Team Leader
Directed the building and testing of the unmanned platform
In charge of maintenance and tuning for the control board
Directed and taught others about the fundamentals of the system
Local Communications Leader
Directed, and helped research the programs for the software down to a local level
Ground Station Team member
Set up the wiring and workings of the Groundstation (ties in with local communications)
International Communications Team member
Help research for the international communications setup
Graphics Designer/ Media coverage
Designed the logo and help came up with name AIRUS for this group
Took time lapses and videos of the group from start to finish.
International Pilot
First to land the unmanned platform in Sydney, Australia
- Athena Vazquez
Competition and Obstacles team member
Helped collaborate with UAV team to determine feasible obstacle design and course
Set up competition/how it would run
Determined best obstacle design
Determined course design
Determined placement of the event
Built obstacles
- John Yeary
Competition and Obstacles team member
Helped collaborate with UAV team to determine feasible obstacle design and course
Set up competition/how it would run
Determined best obstacle design
Determined course design
Determined placement of the event
Built obstacles
- Drew Dorman
UAV Team member
Research on UAV platforms
UAV construction
Managing Inventory
Simulator set up
International test pilot
Helped coordinate and run events
- Stephen Tytler
UAV Team member
UAV maintenance
Construction of quadcopter.
Managing Inventory
Tested the UAV simulator program.
Set up simulation tryouts.
Arranged skype meetings among UAV team.
- Ryan Mutsune
Ground Station Team Leader
Ground station software research
3D printing
- Samuel McConnell
International Communication member