°µÍøÊÓƵComputer Engineering Students Develop Autonomous Drone–Rover System for Raytheon Challenge
°µÍøÊÓƵComputer Engineering students designed an integrated autonomous drone and ground rover system for the 2024–2025 Raytheon Autonomous Drone Competition, earning 2nd place in June 2025.
The aerial team built a quadcopter that scanned a field, identified a target marker, and transmitted GPS coordinates. The ground team developed a rover that received those coordinates, navigated autonomously to the site, avoided obstacles, and delivered a payload. Together, the systems demonstrated coordinated air–ground robotics with applications in autonomous delivery, disaster response, and defense.
Autonomous Ground Delivery Rover Team:
Mark Austria, Robby Rimal, Khanh Tran, Kevin Phan, Cleo Scott, Nathaniel Ventura
Autonomous Aerial Vehicle Team:
Kareem Fardoun, Joshua Lowry, Albert Morales, Trevor Noble, Alma Villaescusa Pineda
These students worked under the supervision of CECS faculty member Mr. Dan Cregg.
