Task Ideas & Team Handbook
Coming Soon!
For the time-being, check out last year’s resources to prepare for competition.
Program
RoboSub 2025
Ahoy explorers! Are you ready to dive into the world of underwater vehicle autonomy? Let us introduce you to RoboSub.
RoboSub is an international competition that invites participants to tackle simplified versions of challenges facing the underwater maritime industry. These challenges may include oceanographic exploration and mapping, detection and manipulation of objects, and pipeline identification and tracking.
Assemble your crew and chart a course on this systems engineering adventure where you will have the opportunity to design, build and test an Autonomous Underwater Vehicle (AUV). Once you have worked past the lead times for underwater parts, come join us at the RoboSub competition and see how your unique system compares to systems designed by competitors from around the world.
Learn more about RoboSub by reviewing past competitions!
Bring your AUV and join us at the 28th Annual RoboSub competition!
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Dates
August 11-17, 2025
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Location
Irvine, California, USA
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Eligibility
High School, College
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Registration
Deadline: February 28
- Cancellation Policy
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Team Handbook
Coming soon!
Competition Timeline
Resources
Team Handbook
TeamTime Recordings
TeamTime video recordings and slides will be published here.
Join the RoboNation Discord
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Meet the Teams
Duke University
Duke Robotics Club
Durham, North Carolina, USA
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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.
Texas A&M University
WIRED AUV
College Station, Texas, USA
WIRED AUV is part of the Women In Robotics, Engineering, and Development (WIRED) student organization at Texas A&M University. Established in 2015, our purpose is to build an autonomous underwater vehicle (AUV) for the annual RoboSub Competition. WIRED AUV is a learning team that focuses on recruiting underrepresented freshmen and sophomores and cultivating a supportive environment to gain hands-on experience.
The Ohio State University
Ohio State Underwater Robotics
Columbus, Ohio, USA
The Underwater Robotics Team at Ohio State is an interdisciplinary student project team that specializes in the design, construction, and operation of Autonomous Underwater Vehicles (AUVs). Our mission is to provide members the opportunity to apply hands-on engineering and business principles and to serve the community through a STEM education outreach program.
Underwater Robotics at Berkeley
Underwater Robotics at Berkeley
Berkeley, California, USA
Underwater Robotics at Berkeley is a collegiate robotics team at UC Berkeley in Berkeley, California that designs, builds and programs autonomous and teleoperated underwater vehicles to compete in the RoboSub and MATE ROV competitions. Since its founding in 2016, the team has introduced its members to industry-level design, simulation, and software tools through the lens of competitive robotics.
University of California, Los Angeles
Bruin Underwater Robotics
Los Angeles, California, USA
Bruin Underwater Robotics (BUR) is a technical project under ASME (American Society of Mechanical Engineers) at UCLA, dedicated to creating robots capable of operating in and exploring underwater environments. With underwater robotics being such a unique field, our mission is to challenge our team of mechanical, electrical and software engineers to develop and strengthen the skills that are key for the field of robotics.
University of Michigan
Michigan Robotic Submarine
Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA
Michigan Robotic Submarine is a student-led engineering team comprised of primarily undergraduate students with diverse backgrounds and interests, working together to design and build an autonomous robotic submarine for the annual RoboSub competition in Irvine, CA. We strive to advance Autonomous Underwater Vehicle (AUV) technology by engineering a submarine that can perform various sub-nautical tasks, like sonar navigation and torpedo target shooting.