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The IUDRO (also recognised as the International University Drone Racing Organisation) is the world's first drone racing league that globally regulates and organises inter-university drone racing events. Drones are engineered from scratch to set specifications set by the organisation, and pilots from all degree disciplines partake.

History
The company started out by two students, Alejandro Perez-Llabata and Natasha Mehra  in the Coventry University, after the successful creation of Coventry University Drone Racing Society (CUDRS) in 2018 and growing it to Europe’s largest university drone racing team. The Organisation’s first demo Season was in 2019 during the company’s enrolment in the Coventry University Tech Incubator Programme. Directors Jean-Francois Denis and Paul Sullivan joined in August 2019 at the end of the Season.

Despite the 2020 Season being directly affected by the pandemic, cancelling its National and International Stadia Championship events, IUDRO announced its entry into eSports. The Company partnered with LuGus Studios with their simulator “Liftoff” to produce an exclusive IUDRO eSports series version, with two world-first international open events taking place in October and November. The league now has 15+ teams spread over 3 continents registered to the current and upcoming Seasons.

Technology
Drones are engineered from scratch to a set specification set out by the IUDRO Technical Regulations that are released exclusively to the Presidents/captains of each team. Regulations are changed every year, with adoptions and changes proposed by the Presidents/captains of each team before the start of the Season’s first event. For the eSports Series, Liftoff is the official IUDRO drone racing simulator of choice and know to be the most detailed FPV simulation on the market .With the game’s version debuting on Steam in 2018, it now has over 16 in-game environments and 100 million unique drone set-up configurations: each component a replica of its real-life counterpart.

Recognition

 * IUDRO is the current eSports partner to LuGus studios for Liftoff
 * CEO sits on the UK Drone Association Committee (ARPAS) as the representative of UK Higher Education & Academia . ARPAS works closely with industry regulations (CAA) and UK Government Departments (primarily DfT, BEIS and NPCC)