Welcome to ARISE Drones!
The 2025-26 season is under way. This year, we will be hosting a 1-day competition where the morning will be presentations and an indoor flight mission, and the afternoon will be the outdoor flight mission.
Location:
Southern Methodist University
Dallas, TX 75205
https://maps.app.goo.gl/hcEVb9UvPLti2Dfq5
Dates: April 23, 2026
Contact:
Dr. Kenneth Berry
Research Professor
Electrical and Computer Engineering – Lyle School of Engineering
Email:
ksberry [at] mail.smu.edu
kenberry0408 [at] gmail.com
Flight Missions
Mission 1 (indoors): Each team will have three (3) attempts to complete three (3) objectives in a Line-Of-Sight flight profile. Each objective will be:
- Ball drop
- Simulated fire suppression
- Object retrieval
Mission 2 (outdoors): Semi-autonomous safe delivery of a package whose contents are very fragile.
Details and design constraints are being updated. Stay tuned!