September 2 - 5 in the metropolitan region of Finland for the first time held a competition on the use of drones. It is expected that about 50 teams from around the world will participate in Drone Olympics 2019.
The event is organized by the Ultrahack Hackathon. “The world market for unmanned aerial vehicles, estimated at about 4 billion euros, will grow at least ten times in the next five years. Drones are revolutionizing trade, logistics, agriculture and forestry, as well as research and security, ”said Mikko Järvilehto, CEO of Ultrahack. In 2017, Ultrahack hosted the world's first themed Aurora Arctic Drone Hackathon hackathon.
According to Järvilehto, the “drone competition” will be an important tool for developing new solutions, and an open Finnish innovation ecosystem will provide an excellent basis for this.
Teams will compete in various tasks using drones. For example, they have to assess the state of the roof of buildings; make a map of the location of containers with chemicals and determine the markings on them; transmit information about a traffic accident to the police. There will also be competitions in developing software for drones.
The Helsinki stage of the Helsinki Challenge will take place on September 4 from 9 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. on Harakka Island, located in close proximity to the city center. It will be possible to observe the flights both from the mainland and from the observation deck built on the island.
On September 5, from 10:00 to 14:00, the closing ceremony of the event and the award ceremony will be held at the Oodi Central Library. After that, the Mini Drone Expo & Recordings exhibition will open in Töölönlahti Park.
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