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The challenge is to drop a bottle of water within 100 metres of this dummy
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Can drones get water to stranded Joe in the Outback?

26 November 2014 Last updated at 09:00 GMT

Getting lost in a remote part of the Australian Outback without water is not a good idea - hence the UAV Challenge: Outback Rescue - which is held annually in Kingaroy, north-east Australia.

Teams from around the world compete using unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) to find and get a bottle of water to within 100 metres of stranded Joe (who is a scarecrow posing as a dehydrated human).

This is the seventh year the competition has run and up until now - no-one has succeeded in the challenge.

Will the seventh year be a lucky one for thirsty Joe?

BBC Click's Spencer Kelly went to find out.

More at BBC.com/Click and @BBCClick

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The challenge is to drop a bottle of water within 100 metres of this dummy
Media playback is unsupported on your device

Can drones get water to stranded Joe in the Outback?

26 November 2014 Last updated at 09:00 GMT

Getting lost in a remote part of the Australian Outback without water is not a good idea - hence the UAV Challenge: Outback Rescue - which is held annually in Kingaroy, north-east Australia.

Teams from around the world compete using unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) to find and get a bottle of water to within 100 metres of stranded Joe (who is a scarecrow posing as a dehydrated human).

This is the seventh year the competition has run and up until now - no-one has succeeded in the challenge.

Will the seventh year be a lucky one for thirsty Joe?

BBC Click's Spencer Kelly went to find out.

More at BBC.com/Click and @BBCClick

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