Singapore AUV Challenge 2015
Abstract
The Singapore Autonomous Underwater Vehicle Challenge, dubbed as SAUVC, is an effort by the IEEE Oceanic Engineering Society Singapore Chapter to engage and expose the tertiary students to the challenges of AUV design. The programme has been technically well supported by the National University of Singapore, DSO National Laboratories and the Singapore-MIT Alliance for Research & Technology. The SAUVC was started in 2013 and was originally intended to create awareness among the local students on the importance of underwater robotics and its relevance to Singapore. However, it grew into an international competition from its very inception as it was felt that opening up the competition at an international level would add diversity to the design approaches. Thus students across the world get to learn each other how they have tackled the same problem but using different technologies and approaches. It also helps to foster greater relationship between the international students. The competition is designed in a swimming pool format and requires the AUV to perform a series of tasks, which requires a good understanding of sensors and algorithms to navigate underwater. The students were also given opportunity to present their designs to an invited audience and also share their experiences over an interview.
Document Details
- Document Type
- DoD Grant Award
- Publication Date
- Jan 26, 2017
- Source ID
- N62909151C050
Entities
People
- Venugopalan Pallayil
Organizations
- National University of Singapore
- Office of Naval Research
- United States Navy