Call for participation: UAV Perception Testing Track at ICST 2027 (ROS 2 Jazzy, PX4, nvblox, Isaac Sim)
Overview
The ROS Discourse community has opened a tool competition track for the IEEE International Conference on Software Testing, Verification and Validation (ICST) 2027. The challenge invites participants to build scenario generators in Python that create diverse failure scenarios for autonomous UAVs using a fixed stack including ROS 2 Jazzy, PX4, nvblox volumetric mapping, and NVIDIA Isaac Sim. Submissions are evaluated based on the number of distinct failure mechanisms (e.g., rotor striking a pole) discovered across multiple flights. The competition runs until January 15, 2027, with results presented at ICST 2027 in May 2027. Organizers include the Italian Institute of Artificial Intelligence and the University of Bern.
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“tack under test (fixed for every team) ROS 2 Jazzy PX4 in software-in-the-loop, Holybro X500 airframe Simulated RGB-D camera with RealSense D455 intrinsics nvblox volumetric mapping EGO-Planner NVIDIA Isaac Sim 6.0.1 with the Pegasus Simulator, procedural forest scenes How it is scored Each submission writes 20 scenarios on an undisclosed seed; every scenario is flown three times. A collision is recorded as a failure”
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“nking. You do not need a GPU or a local Isaac Sim install to take part: all flights run on our side, while released flight data is available for training on request. Dates and recognition Submission deadline: 15 January 2027 (AoE) Prizes for the three best teams in the final ranking Participating teams may be invited to submit a 2 to 4 page tool paper in the ICST format Results are presented at ICST 2027 in San Sebas”
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The ROS Discourse community has opened a tool competition track for the IEEE International Conference on Software Testing, Verification and Validation (ICST) 2027. The challenge invites participants to build scenario generators in Python that create diverse failure scenarios for autonomous UAVs using a fixed stack including ROS 2 Jazzy, PX4, nvblox volumetric mapping, and NVIDIA Isaac Sim. Submissions are evaluated based on the number of distinct failure mechanisms (e.g., rotor striking a pole) discovered across multiple flights. The competition runs until January 15, 2027, with results presented at ICST 2027 in May 2027. Organizers include the Italian Institute of Artificial Intelligence and the University of Bern.
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