With a rapid growth in drone industry market in recent years, a strong demand in a broad and highly skilled workforce of drone research and development (R&D) is expected. Institute of Transportation at Ministry of Transportation and Communications (MOTC) took an initiative to host a competition to find talents and strengthen the development of innovative R&D workforce in Taiwan. The competition gathered parties from academia, industry, and government agencies to enhance drone creative applications and stimulate innovative drone design idea. All of the drone project in the runoff aim to serve the needs of drone industry using creative and doable approaches. The competition not only can provide an opportunity for parties from industry and academia to exchange ideas, opinions and experiences but also helps the contestants' design concepts turn into reality.