July 29 – August 4, 2019
NIWC Pacific TRANSDEC Facility | San Diego, CA


The 22nd RoboSub Competition took place at the NIWC Pacific TRANSDEC facility in San Diego, CA. With 54 teams representing Brazil, Canada, China, Egypt, India, Japan, Norway, Poland, Russia, Singapore, Thailand, Turkey and the United States of America and territories.

Final Standings

1st Place ($6,000): Harbin Engineering University

2nd Place ($4,500): Far-Eastern Federal University / Institute for Marine Technology Problems

3rd Place ($3,000): Arizona State University Polytechnic

4th Place ($2,000): University of Alberta

5th Place ($1,000): Cornell University

Special Awards

Best Static Judging ($500): National University of Singapore

First to Pre-Qualify ($500): University of Alberta

Most Inspirational ($500): Team Inspiration

Data Sharing ($500): The Ohio State University

Best Website ($500): Ecole de Technologie Superieure

Most Improved ($500): California Institute of Technology

Most Entertaining Video ($500): The Center for Robotics Development


Blue Robotics and Nvidia provided additional special awards.


Download the 2019 RoboSub Detail Scores

Download the 2019 RoboSub Mission and Scoring document


RoboSub 2019 Playlist


Congratulations to all the 2019 teams!

A special thank you to the 2019 RoboSub volunteers, judges & sponsors that made this event possible.

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