14/09/2026
🏆 TWO-TIME CHAMPIONS - Imperial Engineering Education🏆
We are incredibly proud to announce that Nisarg & team, students of Imperial Engineering Education (IEE), have claimed First Prize in the Adult Student Category of the ROBOTICS competition and the BEST EXHIBIT IN INNOVATION, INVENTION & ENTERPRISE at the Royal Adelaide Show 2026, sponsored by the Royal Agricultural & Horticultural Society of SA Inc. What makes this achievement even more remarkable? This is Nisarg's second consecutive year winning this prestigious accolade, having first taken top honours at the 2025 Royal Adelaide Show.
At the heart of this recognition is MOTHRA V2.0, the Multi-cOnTroller intelligent Human Rescue Aircraft, a sophisticated quadcopter UAV entirely designed and built by him at IEE. MOTHRA is no ordinary drone. It combines NVIDIA Jetson Orin Nano and Matek H743-mini (ArduPilot) as controllers. The main use of this quadcopter is autonomous human-following using AI vision and YOLO models on NVIDIA Jetson. Pilot will have the ability to take control of the UAV at any time with a manual switch on the remote controller.
MOTHRA's applications extend well beyond search and rescue. The platform is equally capable of supporting security operations, human tracking in remote terrains, and livestock/cattle monitoring across open grasslands, making it a genuinely versatile tool for real-world challenges.
This award is a testament to the IEE philosophy: engineering education that is hands-on, industry-focused, and purpose-driven. We congratulate Nisarg on this extraordinary back-to-back achievement and look forward to where his innovations will take him next.
Congratulations to COO – Mr Gary Singh, CEO – Mr Kalyan Ksharti, Academic Dean – Dr Alok K. Kushwaha and IEE staff.
