Whatisanonlineprogramming
challenge?
A look at NVIDIA® Jetson™ Developer
Challenge

Hackathonsandonline
challengeshavealotincommon
Such competitions are marathons where
programmers, graphic designers, project
managers, marketing specialists and other
creative people work together to come up with
innovative ideas relevant to a particular issue.

There’salwaysaprizeupfor
grabs!
In this challenge it was a total of $42.700
and NVIDIA tech gadgets.

Eachchallengehasitsowntheme
NVIDIA® Jetson™ Developer Challenge was focused on use of AI and
Deep Learning to build a better world.

Challengesandhackathonshavesome
differencestoo
An online challenge can lasts even a few months, hackathons only a
weekend. NVIDIA’s challenge started on October 23rd and ended on
February 18th.

Everyonecanparticipate,
locationdoesn’tmatter
Thanks to that 2369 people from 80
countries took part in the challenge on our
platform. Hackathons on the other hand
are restricted to one place, and those
numbers are usually lower.

Whatkindsofprojectswere
submitted?
We’ll highlight projects from the winners.
Each of them aimed at making the world a
better place!

1stplace
Sim-to-RealAutonomousRoboticControl
The autonomous robot that explores the world excellent project
that sheds light on how education might be improved in the future
It’s an open platform that can be adapted to countless scenarios,
which makes it suitable for education, or a helping tool for disabled.

2ndplace
TITUS
This project presents a UAV that uses a single camera as a sensor
for SLAM, and the whole system is meant to inspect forests to
identify places potentially prone to wildfires.

3rdplace
On-UAVrealtimedetectionofstorm
damage
A drone using a neural network for recognizing damaged and intact
houses marks the buildings affected by storms on the map. This
solution aids rescue patrols and helps identify potential locations of
victims.

Publicchoiceaward
Avitra-ReconnaissanceRobot
The project is system of motion sensing cameras that carry the
operator’s movements over to the robot that’s on site. The robot
then provides live feed from cameras and uses AI to create a 3D
map of its surroundings to aid spatial awareness of the operator

Wanttoseemoreprojectslikethese?
Don’t worry, there’s plenty to choose from! Check out the
full list of projects.

WheredoIsignup?
While this challenge is over, there are more contests to take part in
on our platform. Find a challenge for you!

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