The Mohamed Bin Zayed International Robotics Challenge (MBZIRC), organised by ASPIRE (www.aspireuae.ae), will be held in the UAE capital, Abu Dhabi, in 2023, where tech innovators will participate to accelerate innovation in marine safety and security solutions to take home more than US$3 million in prize money. The current episode, MBZIRC Maritime Grand Challenge, is focused on maritime safety and security.

The Challenge is open to international universities, research institutions, companies and individual innovators from all over the world. It will involve a heterogeneous collaboration among unmanned aerial vehicles and unmanned surface vehicles, to perform complex navigation and manipulation tasks in a GNSS-denied environment.

For detailed information about the MBZIRC Maritime Grand Challenge, visit www.mbzirc.com.

This simulator will be enhanced with additional features throughout the simulation phase of the MBZIRC Maritime Grand Challenge.

Get started

Here are some resources to help you get started using the MBZIRC Simulator:

Running the simulation environment

• Running the simple demo environment
• Running the coast environment

APIs

• Competition APIs
• Robot actuator and sensor APIs

Configurations

• UAV and USV payload configurations
• Configuring environment conditions

Tutorials

• Manipulation and grippers
• Communications
• Controlling a fixed wing UAV
• Bridging to ROS1

Customizations

Note: Customizations are no longer allowed for final evaluation in the simulation phase

• Custom sensors
• Custom arm mount
• Custom arm

Final Evaluation

• Final evaluation and submission process
• Preparing solution Docker image
• Simulation setup using Docker compose
• Simulation logs

Other Resources

• Releases
• Troubleshooting