RoboSub Underwater Autonomous Vehicle Program & Competition
Abstract
RoboSub is an international education program for students established to generate, cultivate, and challenge the next generation ofengineers. Student teams consisting of participants ranging from high school students to post-secondary students tackle fundamentalchallenges in the design of ocean systems, while gaining hands-on experience designing, building and testing a fully autonomous underwater vehicle (AUV). By providing a venue and mechanism to share knowledge and innovate, students are primed for jobs in developing, documenting, testing and managing state-of-the-art autonomous systems. The nominal winners are those teams that have scored the most points. The real winners are all those participants who have learned lasting lessons about working together to create an autonomous system that accomplished a challenging mission in a complex environment. The RoboSub competition aims to provide opportunities for students to gain hands-on experience with systems engineering, enhance student skills in accomplishing realistic missions with autonomous vehicles, and foster relationships between young engineers and organizations developing and producing autonomous vehicle technologies. The objective is to produce the people who will push the envelope in the future. Through participation, students gain anappreciation for the tradeoffs inherent in any system design and the lessons learned in transitioning from a working bench prototype to operating reliably in the real world.This program aims to expand the community of researchers and innovators capable of substantive contributions to the emerging field of autonomous and unmanned underwater vehicles. To this goal, the program includes two related tasks: (1) the RoboSub competition execution and (2) community engagement and data sharing initiatives. Through these activities, RoboSub will provide a sustained community of autonomous systems professionals with the knowledge and experience to influence future innovations in the field of maritime autonomy.
Document Details
- Document Type
- DoD Grant Award
- Publication Date
- Nov 09, 2024
- Source ID
- N000142412573
Entities
People
- Lindsey Groark
Organizations
- Office of Naval Research
- United States Navy