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Ascend NTNU is an aerial robotics team consisting of students from the Norwegian University of Science and Technology. Our goal is to become the best performing team at the International Aerial Robotics Competition, American Venue, and the AlphaPilot competition.
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We aim high, work hard, and create new and innovative solutions to some of the most challenging problems in cybernetics and autonomy as of today.
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Ascend NTNU was founded in spring 2015. In 2016, we competed and came third in IARC. We won the price for the most innovative drone in 2017. In 2018, mission 7 was completed, where we finished at third, and we won the prize for the most innovative drone, again!
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In 2019 At mission 8, we won the awards for Best Technical Demonstration and Best System Design, and with that we also came in 1st overall in the American Venue!
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Currently, we are preparing for mission 9 in 2020! We are also attempting to qualify for the competition AlphaPilot.
Our main sponsor, Kongsberg, is an international, knowledge-based group that supplies high-technology systems and solutions to customers engaged in the oil and gas industry, merchant marine, and defence and aerospace industries.
Equinor is an international, knowledge-based energy company pushing the boundaries of imagination and technology, solving challenges in the oil and gas industry.