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RoboSub 2020

RoboSub 2020

The 23rd RoboSub Competition was held online, due to the in-person event being cancelled as a result of the coronavirus pandemic. In lieu of vehicle performance, teams were evaluated on a technical design report, video presentation and website. With 33 teams representing Brazil, Canada, Egypt, India, México, Norway, Poland, Singapore, Thailand, and the United States and territories.

STATUS UPDATE: While we didn’t have the opportunity to meet in person this year, we stayed engaged and shifted efforts online to highlight and reward teams’ incredible work. We ended the summer with a Virtual Awards Party to announce prizes and gear up for 2021. 

Congratulations RoboSub 2020 teams!

2020 RoboSub (Online)

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Online Submission Instructions

In lieu of the in-person RoboSub Competition, teams are invited to participate in online efforts to showcase their system developed for competition, by submitting:

  – Website

  – Technical Design Report

  – Video

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May 15 - Team Call Notes

Thanks to all the teams that joined the team call in May and brought all of your questions for the RoboSub online submissions. Below, please find the notes documenting what was discussed on that call.

Please note, all answers provided in the Q&A portion of the call are subject to change.

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2020 RoboSub Season

Teams

Ain Shams University
Ain Shams University
ASmarine

Cairo, Egypt

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Technical Design Report | Video

 

ASmarine Team was founded in 2019 by a group of robotics researchers to create a research center and compete in RoboSub. The team focuses on hands-on implementation of academic knowledge presented in educational institutions to present innovative solutions for Marin Industry. ASmarine aspires to shape a Marine Industrial revolution and combine Engineering Robotics along with Marine Science to enhance the world’s economy and face the global crises that threaten the planet’s resources and Marine life.

Amador Valley High School
Amador Valley High School
AVBotz

Pleasanton, California, USA

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Technical Design Report | Video

 

AVBotz is a team of forty-two Amador Valley High School students from Pleasanton, California. Since 2000, we have perpetuated a legacy of problem solving and independent learning; the team is recognized nationally as the best performing high-school team in the competition. We had the highest scoring run at RoboSub 2015, and placed 7th overall. At AVBotz, we stay in tune with our values of curiosity, ambition, improvement, and teamwork.

Arizona State University
Arizona State University
Underwater Robotics at Arizona State

Tempe, Arizona, USA

Website

Technical Design Report | Video

 

Underwater Robotics at Arizona State (ASUR) is a competitive underwater robotics team comprised of undergraduate and graduate students. Every year, we design and build a new underwater robot, giving our team of students hands-on experience that will help them in industry. We value the diversity and professional and technical development of our team members and are passionate about inspiring K-12 students to get involved in STEM through outreach.

California Institute of Technology
California Institute of Technology
Caltech Robotics Team

Pasadena, California, USA

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Technical Design Report | Video

 

Based out of sunny Pasadena, CA, the Caltech Robotics Team is composed primarily of undergraduates from the California Institute of Technology. We’re a team of students with diverse backgrounds and interests, who all come together to work on our common goal of pushing the limits of robotic technology. Through designing and building robots, we seek not only to further our own capabilities, but also use robotics as an opportunity to inspire future generations of engineers.

Duke University
Duke University
Duke Robotics Club

Durham, North Carolina, USA

Website | Facebook | Twitter

Technical Design Report | Video

 

The Duke Robotics Club is a student-run organization in Duke University’s Pratt School of Engineering. Our mission is to provide Duke undergraduate and graduate students a place to pursue their interest in robotics by working on high-impact, large-scale robotics projects and competitions primarily in the realm of Autonomous Underwater Vehicles (AUVs). These projects allow our talented students to hone their skills and demonstrate the strength of Duke Engineering.

Gonzaga University
Gonzaga University
Gonzaga Robotics

Spokane, Washington, USA

Website | Facebook | Instagram

Technical Design Report | Video

 

The Gonzaga RoboSub team began in 2016 with a seven member team. Since then the team has grown to over 30 members, all focusing on going to competition for the third year in a row. Our team is divided into three different disciplines, mechanical engineering, computer science, and electrical engineering. GU RoboSub emphasizes interdisciplinary collaboration not only with other students, but also with knowledgeable faculty, making it a well-rounded experience for any member.

Indian Institute of Technology Bombay
Indian Institute of Technology Bombay
AUV-IITB

Mumbai, Maharashtra, India

Website | Facebook | Twitter | Instagram

Technical Design Report | Video

 

AUV-IITB comprises of highly enthusiastic and hard-working technocrats ranging from bright-eyed freshmen to driven senior undergraduates and tech-experienced post-graduates spanning various branches of engineering at Indian Institute of Technology Bombay. In order to accelerate the development of MATSYA our team is structured into three sub divisions viz Mechanical, Electrical and Software. Every year the team puts in 30,000 man hours for the development and integration of our AUV MATSYA.

Kasetsart University
Kasetsart University
Zeabus

Chatuchak, Bangkok, Thailand

 

Zeabus AUV (Autonomous Underwater Vehicle) is powered by engineering students from Kasetsart University comprised of Computer Engineering, Aerospace Engineering and Electrical Engineering. We have participated the international RoboSub competition since 2014, which annually hosted by the Association for Unmanned Vehicle Systems International (AUVSI) Foundation in San Diego, USA.

National University of Singapore
National University of Singapore
Bumblebee Autonomous Systems

Singapore

Website | Facebook | Twitter

Technical Design Report | Video

 

We are a group of innovators who envision to build autonomous systems of the future. We build and design autonomous maritime vehicles that capable of navigating underwater and on the water surface and perform a series of tasks without any remote control assistance. The system is targeted to be designed as highly intelligent and robust to changing environmental conditions. Full autonomy is achieved with an advanced sensor suite and an array of powerful actuators.

North Carolina State University
North Carolina State University
Underwater Robotics Club

Raleigh, North Carolina, USA

Twitter

Technical Design Report | Video

 

The Underwater Robotics Club at NCSU is a student-run organization that designs and builds autonomous submersible robots to participate in the annual RoboSub Competition. Together the team works outside of the classroom to improve each other’s technical skills and to spread the passion of robotics to the community. The Underwater Robotics Club is student-run and always welcomes new members from any major.

San Diego City College
San Diego City College
San Diego City Robotics

San Diego, California, USA

Technical Design Report | Video

 

We are City College Robotics, a team of approximately 15 community college students and club advisors. We are designing and building a low-cost AUV that allows new two-year students to understand and contribute to the project quickly, while still being capable of completing the complex tasks of the Robosub competition. Our primary objective is to develop our members’ engineering, leadership, collaboration, and communication skills.

Team Inspiration
Team Inspiration

San Diego, California, USA

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Technical Design Report | Video

 

We are a 9th-year robotics team from San Diego, California, with students ranging from 7th grade to 12th grade. We currently participate in the FIRST Tech Challenge, Robocar, and RoboSub robotics programs. Our goal is to be able to learn the most we can about robotics and to spread all that knowledge to others, by our motto: To Learn, To Share, To Innovate, TO INSPIRE!

Tecnológico de Monterrey
Tecnológico de Monterrey
VantTec

Monterrey, Nuevo León, México

Website | Facebook | Twitter | Instagram

Technical Design Report | Video

 

VantTec is a group of students from the Tec de Monterrey, focused on research and development of autonomous vehicles. We want to inspire generations of young people to get involved in research and development in their areas of interest from the start of their careers, and learn about national and international opportunities in academia and professional paths.

Texas A&M University
Texas A&M University
Women in Engineering - WE REAF

College Station, Texas, USA

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Technical Design Report | Video

 

WEREAF is a student-led technical project team supported by Texas A&M’s Women in Engineering program. WEREAF allows students to apply classroom knowledge to real-world scenarios through interdisciplinary teaming. To enhance A&M’s retention efforts, WEREAF targets first-/second-year undergraduate students. As a learning organization, less than 40% of team members start with previous robotics or technical project experience. WEREAF’s mission is to provide female students with a non-judgmental environment to build technical skills and grow as leaders.

University of Alberta
University of Alberta
Autonomous Robotic Vehicle Project

Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

Website | Facebook | Twitter | Instagram

Technical Design Report | Video

 

The Autonomous Robotic Vehicle Project (ARVP) strives to develop, apply, and promote technologies related to the field of autonomous robotics. This student group includes members from the Faculty of Engineering, Faculty of Business, and Department of Computing Science. ARVP provides opportunities for students to apply their academics to a competitive robotic platform and gain practical experience in project management.

University of California at Riverside
University of California at Riverside
UCR RoboSub

Riverside, California, USA

Website | Facebook | Instagram

Technical Design Report

 

UCR RoboSub is an undergraduate all-student-run project. Students plan, design, build, and test complex mechanical, electrical, and software systems in a multidisciplinary setting through a structured, organized project experience. The project seeks to enhance students’ learning in all aspects of robotics engineering, and through RoboSub students gain valuable experience working on a large engineering team, creating an advanced vehicle using proper systems engineering approaches.

University of Colorado at Boulder
University of Colorado at Boulder
University of Colorado RoboSub

Boulder, Colorado, USA

Website | Facebook | Twitter | Instagram

Technical Design Report | Video

 

The CU RoboSub club allows STEM inclined students to jump start their career toward engineering robotic systems. Students in our club gain hands on experience in an interdisciplinary environment designing, machining and programming robots for one of the more difficult types of environments: underwater. Besides preparing for each year’s competition we have partnered with a lab on our campus to develop novel state estimators and mapping algorithms for underwater environments.

University of Florida
University of Florida
SubjuGator

Gainesville, Florida, USA

Website | Twitter

Technical Design Report | Video

 

SubjuGator is an autonomous underwater vehicle project designed and built by students of the Machine Intelligence Laboratory (MIL) at the University of Florida (UF). The University of Florida has participated in every RoboSub competition since its incarnation in 1998. The SubjuGator team is comprised of undergraduate and graduate students of the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, the Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, and the Department of Computer and Information Science and Engineering.

Wrocław University of Science and Technology
Wrocław University of Science and Technology
PWr Diving Crew

Wrocław, Poland

Website | Facebook | Instagram

Technical Design Report | Video

 

We are KN Robocik and we represent polish Mechanical Faculty of the Wroclaw University of Science and Technology. You may know us by PWr Diving Crew project by which we mainly operate. PWr Diving Crew projekt involves designing, constructing, testing and improving autonomous underwater vehicles. Our newest and most advanced creation is ROV 4.0. We hope this artificially intelligence based invention can be used to change the world for the better.

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