Tampico Drone Grand Prix
A practical aerial competition for student teams.
Our story
From LASIRS to HMDS
HMDS carries forward the spirit of LASIRS: bringing students and researchers together through science, engineering and international exchange.
The beginning
Research and student engineering
LASIRS connected researchers and students in Tampico through academic sessions, robotics activities and international exchange.
- Research
- Talks and discussion
- Students
- Engineering and teamwork
- Robotics
- Air, land and water
- Community
- International exchange
The journey
From LASIRS to HMDS
Student competitions and international exchange grew into academic gatherings in Tokyo.
LASIRS student competitions
Robotics activities connecting teams and institutions.
HMDS symposium
A Tokyo symposium carried the community toward HMDS 2027.
Student activities
Learning through air, land and water
Earlier activities explored different forms of robotics. HMDS carries this practical approach into new multi-domain challenges.
Air
Aerial systems
Land
Ground robots
Water
Water robotics
Archive
Moments from earlier activities
Photographs from the LASIRS and HMDS archives.
Looking forward
Explore the competitions
The same spirit in a new setting
HMDS brings research and student experimentation together again, now around AI, autonomous robotics and cooperation across domains.
Historical references: Tecnológico de Monterrey’s LASIRS report and Springer proceedings.