Welcome to the DTRG 2025 Indoor Drone Competition page.
Here you will find the latest rules updates and the flight training sessions. Any updates will be added to the main rules PDF, with a summary of rules updates provided in the Rules Update Summary section.
The competition date will be announced later.
If you wish to be added to the email list for updates, please complete this form: DTRG Competition Email Updates
Eligibility
Note that this competition is only open to University of Auckland Engineering Undergraduate Students in Parts I, II and III. Specific requirements for competition eligibility are:
- All team members must be University of Auckland Bachelor of Engineering (Honours) students in Part I, II, or III.
- Teams must consist of one, two, three, or four members.
- Only Team Member(s) who have attended at least three of the training sessions by Friday 29 August (scheduled below) will be permitted to fly during the competition (Pilot Competitor). Teams must have at least one Pilot Competitor to compete in the final contest.
- Teams must have registered with the organisers in order to compete. Use this form to register your team: DTRG Competition Team Registration. Please register by 8 August 2025.
- Details for the servo attachment may be found below.
Competition Day
The competition details will be released at a later date.
Rules
The guidelines for sample collection attachment can be found here (same as 2024):
An STL of the payload is available at the following link. Note that the square recess on the top contains the soft side of a Velcro patch. DTRG 2025 Competition Payload
Rules Update Summary
22 July 2025: Initial Release.
Flight Training and Test Sessions
Flight training sessions are only available for registered teams. All flight training and tests will be supervised by senior DTRG pilots.