Drone technology is advancing faster than ever—and this is your chance to be part of it. Fly or Die is a two-week drone hackathon & seminar that brings together university students, researchers, and industry to build, test, and showcase real solutions.
Over two weeks, teams develop solutions to real partner challenges in areas like autonomous navigation, sensor fusion, object detection, safety & reliability, and hardware innovation. The journey starts with a kickoff on 18 October, continues with mentoring and a co-working day on 22 October, and culminates on 1 November with live demos, partner talks, and final pitches—including indoor drone flights in a controlled environment.
Why join?
- Work on real problems from leading partners.
- Build solutions in software and hardware (simulation or micro-drone; limited shared rigs on site).
- Mentoring from Estonia’s drone and defence experts.
- Showtime: live demo in front of jury, partners, and audience.
- Prizes & opportunities: internships, gear, and collaboration paths.
Who is it for?
- Primarily university students (BSc–PhD).
- Developers, engineers, data scientists, makers - anyone ready to build.
- Scale: About 50–100 participants to keep mentoring and safety tight while still delivering serious energy on demo day.
- We welcome all drone enthusiasts to the TalTech Sports Hall as spectators on the final day.
Key dates:
- 18 Oct – Kickoff & challenge selection | Location: TalTech Student House; Ehitajate tee 5
- 22 Oct – Co-working & mentor checkpoint | Location: TalTech Student House; Ehitajate tee 5
- 1 Nov – Finale: partner talks, demos, awards | Location: TalTech Sport's Building; Männiliiva tn 7
*Participant tickets include access to all 3 event days
** Visitor access is available only for the final event on 1 November
The event is organized by TalTech School of IT, Embedded AI Research Lab in collaboration with KrattWorks, Droon.ee, the Estonian Defence League, the Estonian Academy of Security Sciences, the Estonian Aviation Academy, and Robotex.
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