FAIRFAX, Va., Sept. 8 -- George Mason University issued the following news release:
The floor of EagleBank Arena buzzed with high-tech aerial excitement on August 15 as George Mason University hosted the culmination of the second annual Airborne Robotics Cup (ARC 2026). The STEM outreach competition ran an intense 12-hour tournament featuring dynamic, lighter-than-air autonomous blimp "soccer" matches.
ARC was founded and organized by Ningshi Yao, assistant professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE) and director of the Control, Intelligent Autonomy, and Optimization (CIAO) Lab. It was co-organized by the Capital Youth Outreach Club (CYOC).
The initiative serves as a core component of Yao's National Science F...