March 2, 2018
FORUM8 Co., Ltd.
| FORUM8 serves as a platinum sponsor at "Drone Programming Contest" Provides VR software and UAV plug-in and seminars |
FORUM8 Co., Ltd. (2-15-1 Konan, Minato-ku, Tokyo. President Yuji Ito. URL: http://www.forum8.co.jp/english/) will serve as a platinum sponsor at Drone Programming Contest (hosted by Computer Software Association of Japan) to be held on March 31, 2018 in Japan.
The drone related industry is called "the industrial revolution in the sky", and its development is heating up all over the world. The theme of this competition is the development of control application that is essential for the future growth in the drone field. The cultivation of sophisticated programmers of drone and the contribution to the market expansion is the goals of this competition. This is the first contest in Japan that is specialized in the software programming of drone.
Forum8 is serving as a platinum sponsor for this competition. We provide the 3D real-time VR software "UC-win/Road", UC-win/Road SDK (Software Development Kit), and the "UAV plug-in" that can be linked with Road to the participants for free during the contest period. In addition, we hold free "UAV plug-in & VR experience seminars" and teach the drone flight plan setting with UC-win/Road, flight with actual drone, and input and utilization of acquired data in order to develop drone programmers and engineers.
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| ▲System based on Autonomous UAV and 3D VR for Inspection and Assessment of Structures" chosen as "The Robot for the Next Generation Social Infrastructure with Target Application in Onsite Inspection" in the field of 'bridge maintenance and management', by Japan Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport, and Tourism |
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 UC-win/Road Ver.13 (Released in February 2018)The linkage between UC-win/Road and UAV enables the creation of UAV flight route and flight plan on VR environment by using GPS and the configuration such as photo shooting and video recording. Since the UC-win/Road now supports 64 bit native, 200 million to 300 million point clouds can be treated now, which was up to 60 million with the previous 32 bit version. The range of utilization of data acquired by UAV has also been expanded. http://www.forum8.co.jp/english/uc-win/ucwin-road-e1.htm#new_func |
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 Improved weather simulation (fluttering leaves and dusts) |
Operation menu of VIVE plug-in |
| UC-win/Road UAV plug-in option Ver.3 (Released on Feb. 2018) The linkage between UC-win/Road and UAV enables the creation of UAV flight route and flight plan on VR environment by using GPS and the configuration such as photo shooting and video recording. Since the UC-win/Road now supports 64 bit native, 200 million to 300 million point clouds can be treated now, which was up to 60 million with the previous 32 bit version. The range of utilization of data acquired by UAV has also been expanded. http://www.forum8.co.jp/english/uc-win/uav-e.htm |
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| Preview of mapping mission creation "Assumed position of UAV at the shooting" |
Preview of result after mission completion "(predicted and actual) Position of UAV when shooting photo" |
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| [Overview of CSAJ Drone Programming Contest] | |||
| Host |
: | The Computer Software Association of Japan | |
| Eligibility for application |
: | Company, school, individual (resident of Japan only) | |
| Date and Venue |
: | March 31, 2018 / School field in SFC Campus, Keio University | |
| Overview |
: | Under the predefined theme and rules, participants do performance of auto-flight with multi-rotor type drone programmed by software and the technique of programming are evaluated. | |
 Official competition website (Computer Software Association of Japan)http://www.csaj.jp/activity/project/droneprocon/about.html |
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