Let's put something great in the sky.
About Us
The Waterloo Aerial Robotics Group (WARG) is a student design team at the University of Waterloo competing annually in the Aerial Evolution Association of Canada's Student Competition.
We are a passionate group of students focused on innovating the Unmanned Aerial Vehicle industry. We take pride in building everything ourselves, from the autopilot and computer vision software, to the custom designed ZeroPilot board that we use on our aircraft.
If you're interested in joining us in our mission to develop innovative flying robots, check us out here.
Our Results
WARG achieved outstanding success at the 2024 Aerial Evolution Association of Canada (AEAC) Student Competition, earning first place in both the Phase 1 Design Paper and Phase 2 Flight Assessments, along with the prestigious Judge’s Award.
Our performance over the three-day competition reflects the dedication and expertise of our team to the success of Project Pegasus. Every subteam played a crucial role in this achievement, demonstrating innovation, collaboration, and a commitment to excellence. We are incredibly grateful to our sponsors for their support, which has been instrumental in enabling our success this year!
Our Aircraft
Pegasus
Pegasus is a quadcopter featuring our team's most recent airframe design and software integration efforts. Pegasus stands as WARG's most advanced drone, boasting autonomous capabilities throughout its entire flight, from take-off to landing.
Weight: 10 kg
Flight time: 30 min
Propulsion: 22" propellers
Power supply: 50v (12s LiPo)
Payload: 2kg
Icarus
Icarus is a VTOL-capable fixed-wing aircraft designed for AEAC 2023! It carries it's passengers both on short-range multiple landing-takeoff flights, as well as long-range inter-city flights!
Weight: 14.7 kg
Flight time: 30 min
Propulsion: 17" propellers
Power supply: 50v (12s LiPo)
Payload: 2kg
Houston
Houston is a 10-12" quadcopter that's commonly used as a software validation test-bed! You'll often see this quad loaded up with cameras, sensors, co-processors, or experimental flight controllers doing initial flights or gathering data for us!
Weight: 1.1 kg
Flight time: 10 min
Propulsion: 10-12" propellers
Power supply: 12v (3s LiPo)
Payload: 500g
Vanguard
Vanguard is a 17" class quadcopter that's primary purpose was to compete in AEAC 2022. It was built to be incredibly modular and robust, and has now retired to heavy-lift or long-range testing! You'll commonly see Vanguard outfitted with antennas testing our long-range antenna systems, or performing fully autonomous multiple-waypoint test flights!
Weight: 5.5 kg
Flight time: 30 min
Propulsion: 17'' propellers
Power supply: 22v (6s LiPo)
Payload: 2kg