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Is two and a half years the right development timeline for teams?
Keeping in mind the competition structure outlined below (click “show” below to review), is 2.5 years the right timeline to give Wildfires teams to develop their solutions?
Proposed Prize (click "show" to review):
Particularly, if members of our community have experience building solutions in this area (i.e., cameras, drones, algorithms), can you please weigh in in the comments below on your product development timelines and any key bottlenecks or milestones in this space we should be aware of. Thank you for any input you may have!
Proposed Prize (click "show" to review):
We are interested in focusing a prize specifically on wildfire suppression. In light of the increasing risk to lives and assets, the focus is on suppression of Wildland-Urban Interface fires, before these escalate into large fire events that put communities at risk. Here is an initial description of a proposed prize. In the other topics in the community, you’ll find different categories of feedback we would love to get on this design.
We understand that a prize designed in this way may result in a different approach or paradigm for firefighting, and we invite you to explore—for example, with faster detection and response, can fires be extinguished without traditional containment and control strategies?
The Proposed Prize: We are proposing a prize that works something like the following: Teams are invited to test a fully integrated autonomous system that rapidly detects, responds and suppresses wildfires. There will be a competition testing area of X by X acres (NOTE: we are proposing testing in an outdoor environment). At the beginning of the test, competition officials will ignite a fire somewhere within the testing grid. Once Y threshold of spread, temperature, flame height, or another variable is crossed, the competing team will have Z minutes to detect and completely extinguish the fire. The overall cost of the teams’ system must be no more than C dollars. Solutions must not pose an risk to the environment and/or lives.
We understand that a prize designed in this way may result in a different approach or paradigm for firefighting, and we invite you to explore—for example, with faster detection and response, can fires be extinguished without traditional containment and control strategies?
The Proposed Prize: We are proposing a prize that works something like the following: Teams are invited to test a fully integrated autonomous system that rapidly detects, responds and suppresses wildfires. There will be a competition testing area of X by X acres (NOTE: we are proposing testing in an outdoor environment). At the beginning of the test, competition officials will ignite a fire somewhere within the testing grid. Once Y threshold of spread, temperature, flame height, or another variable is crossed, the competing team will have Z minutes to detect and completely extinguish the fire. The overall cost of the teams’ system must be no more than C dollars. Solutions must not pose an risk to the environment and/or lives.
Particularly, if members of our community have experience building solutions in this area (i.e., cameras, drones, algorithms), can you please weigh in in the comments below on your product development timelines and any key bottlenecks or milestones in this space we should be aware of. Thank you for any input you may have!
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Our team's current plan is for the Wildfires XPRIZE to run for 2.5 years, including a 6 month registration window at the beginning.
Do you have any comments, thoughts on this timeline?
The fire fighting drone is a repurposed drone I was working on to eradicate mosquitoes, moths and agricultural pests such as beetles and caterpillars without the use of pesticides.