Minidrone Competitions
Get an introduction to Model-Based Design while challenging your peers. You’ll design a line follower algorithm using Simulink and learn how to model, simulate, and fly a minidrone.
Competitions Around the World
Competition |
Format | Venue | Application Deadline | Simulation Submission Deadline |
---|---|---|---|---|
Global Drone Student Challenge 2025 | Virtual | Virtual | March 6, 2025 | March 20, 2025 |
Poland 2025 | In person | Warsaw University of Technology, Poland | December 21, 2024 1:00 p.m. EDT |
January 12, 2025 |
Turkey 2025 | In person | Marmara Universitesi, Egitim Mahallesi Kadikoy/Istanbul, Turkey | March 2, 2025 1:00 p.m. EDT |
March 16, 2025 |
ICRA 2025 | In person | Atlanta, United States of America | March 27, 2025 1:00 p.m. EDT |
April 8, 2025 |
MathWorks Minidrone Competition Video Series
Discover tips and tricks that will guide you through the different stages of the MathWorks minidrone competitions.

Past Winners
Winning teams are crowned by developing the fastest and most consistent minidrone line follower algorithms.
Mexico 2024
- April 25, 2024
ITAM, Mexico
- Winner: Team Nokstella, Instituto Tecnológico Autónomo de México
- First runner-up: Team LadyBug, CETYS University, Mexico
- Second runner-up: Team Aeroitam, Instituto Tecnológico Autónomo de México
ICAR 2023
- December 5, 2023
Khalifa University, Abu Dhabi
- Winner: Team AutoDR1, Abu Dhabi University
- First runner-up: Team Eyeliner, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
- Second runner-up: Team Breeze, Khalifa University
EMEA 2023
- October 27, 2023
Virtual
- Winner: Team QKH, ENSMA
- First runner-up: Team Mambonauts, TXT Group
- Second runner-up: Team Orville, Oxford University
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