News Articles with Category: Student Competitions
October 2, 2014 – via Centre for Maritime Research and Experimentation (CMRE)
euRathlon is an outdoor robotics competition focused on realistic emergency-response scenarios inspired by the 2011 Fukushima accident. After a successful land-based competition in 2013, a marine-based competition takes place this year in La Spezia, Italy (29 Sept – 3 Oct).
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October 2, 2014 – via Centre for Maritime Research and Experimentation (CMRE)
On the third and fourth days of the euRathlon 2014 marine competition the teams faced two more tasks, and in the last day a combined scenario that included the tasks of the previous days.
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August 13, 2014 – via SeaBotix
“SeaBotix is proud to be a sponsor of RoboSub and pleased to discover that all the winning teams were equipped with SeaBotix thrusters,” the company stated. Prior to this event, SeaBotix also assists the teams throughout the year by providing engineering support with thrusters and spare parts as well as answering technical questions in preparation for the competition.
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August 4, 2014 – via AUVSI
High schools and colleges from more than a dozen countries showed off their own underwater drones during a four-day robotics competition called “RoboSub.” The event tasked teams with creating small self-piloting submarines complete with a program that would allow them to maneuver around an underwater obstacle course.
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August 4, 2014 – via AUVSI
Congratulations to the 2014 RoboSub winners!
1st Place—Cornell University — $10,000 2nd Place—University of Florida — $5,000 3rd Place—ETS (Ecole Technologie Superieure) — $1,000 4th Place—Far Eastern Federal University — $1,000 5th Place—National University of Singapore —$1,000
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August 1, 2014 – via AUVSI
In the finals, the robots are required to go through underwater gates, navigate a winding course, recognize different colored buoys and even pick up objects. He said the technology is complex and it requires a variety of skill sets.
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May 16, 2014 – via Centre for Maritime Research and Experimentation (CMRE)
Both SAUC-E and euRathlon competitions encourage participants to think about sea robotics and related applications while fostering innovation and technology.
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February 27, 2014 – via Toradex
Underwater Vehicle designs showcased in Embedded Design Challange
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February 20, 2014 – via NATO Centre for Maritime Research and Experimentation (CMRE)
The dates of the 2014 competition are September 20–26, 2014.
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February 20, 2014 – via Centre for Maritime Research and Experimentation (CMRE)
Competition date: September 29- October 3, 2014
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July 30, 2013 – via Space and Naval Warfare Systems Center Pacific
Winners of the RoboSub Competition were announced Sunday, with first place awarded to Cornell University. Second and third place were awarded to the University of Florida and Far Eastern Federal University, respectively.
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July 30, 2013 – via AUVSI
Congratulations to the 2013 Winners!
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July 26, 2013 – via Edmonton Journal
Students must build a robotic vehicle that operates autonomously and can navigate an underwater obstacle course at a U.S Navy facility.
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July 25, 2013 – via Sandiego6.com
Hosted by the Navy’s Space and Naval Warfare Systems Center Pacific (SSC Pacific) in Point Loma, the competition challenges teams to design and build autonomous underwater vehicles capable of completing realistic missions.
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July 25, 2013 – via Phys.org
Team members are making the trip to a U.S. Navy facility in San Diego, which hosts the annual RoboSub competition. There, they will compete against more than 30 teams from around the world.
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July 18, 2013 – via ONR
July 22-28, 2013 SSC Pacific TRANSDEC, San Diego, CA
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July 8, 2013 – via CMRE
From June 28-July 5, 2013, the NATO Centre for Maritime Research and Experimentation hosted for the fourth time in a row the 8th Student Autonomous Underwater Vehicle Challenge — Europe. Students compete with the Autonomous Underwater Vehicles they have designed and built.
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July 8, 2013 – via AUVSI
July 22-28, 2013 SSC Pacific TRANSDEC, San Diego, CA
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August 12, 2012 – via DefPro
15 University teams have half an hour to get their subs to successfully identify an underwater gateway, pass through it and then follow a pipeline.
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July 23, 2012 – via U S Navy
At this year’s event Cornell University came out on top, with the University of Florida placing second. Team SONIA, a Canadian team from cole de Technologie Suprieure took third, the Chinese Harbin Engineering University placed fourth and, first-time competitors, Far Eastern Federal University from the Russian Federation took fifth.
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July 21, 2012 – via Los Angeles Times
For the first time, a team from the Russian Federation has entered the annual RoboSub competition, co-sponsored by the Pentagon’s Office of Naval Research. For the engineering-minded, it’s the Super Bowl of underwater contests.
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July 19, 2012 – via Office of Naval Research
The international competition challenges students to design and build robotic submarines that can perform realistic missions in an underwater environment.
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July 19, 2012 – via San Diego Union Tribune
15th International RoboSub Competition underway in Point Loma
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July 16, 2012 – via Hydro International
Each year SAUC-E challenges multidisciplinary University teams (consisting at least of 75% students members) to design and build Autonomous Underwater Vehicles (AUVs) capable of performing realistic missions.
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July 9, 2012 – via San Diego Reader
The contest, held at the Space and Naval Warfare Systems Center, is meant to find the best autonomous unmanned underwater vehicle.
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July 6, 2012 – via UK Daily Mail
University students have built an underwater robot from household junk that will help detect mines.
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May 1, 2012 – via Deccan Chronical
The Panimalar Institute of Technology(PIT), Chennai bagged the national-level competition on student autonomous underwater vehicle (SAVe-2012) organised by the National Institute of Ocean Technology (NIOT)
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May 1, 2012 – via IEEE OES Singapore
The competition is a forum to showcase system-engineering skills in underwater environment for budding engineering students.
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January 31, 2012 – via Marinelink.com
Students studying science, technology, robotics or engineering can put their knowledge and skills to the test at the Student Autonomous Underwater Challenge – Europe.
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October 11, 2011 – via Armed with Science
We’re facing a real challenge in our country to produce the number of graduates with technical degrees we need to remain competitive in the coming years. Events like RoboSub are fun and inspire our kids.
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September 7, 2011 – via CRUSER News
For the ten teams participating in the Student Autonomous Underwater Vehicle Challenge–Europe (SAUC-E), held at the NATO Undersea Research Centre (NURC) July 4-11, 2011, it wasn’t the difficult course, or even the highly qualified competition that worried them. The biggest obstacle was the underwater environment, with its limited visibility, currents and salty water.
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July 19, 2011 – via AUVSI
With the win, SONIA not only trumped history but also a very strong team from Cornell University, winners of the last two years of the competition
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July 18, 2011 – via Space and Naval Warfare Systems Command
This year Ecole de Technologie Superieure Team SONIA from Canada won first place, receiving the title of “Best RoboSub” and a cash prize of $7,000, rewarding them for their hard work and dedication in creating a successful autonomous system that accomplishes a challenging mission in a complex environment.
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July 15, 2011 – via Space and Navace and Warfare Systems Command
Cosponsored by the U.S. Office of Naval Research and AUVSI, the competition provides opportunities for students to experience challenges of system engineering and develop skills to accomplish realistic missions with autonomous vehicles.
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July 15, 2011 – via NBC San Diego
Underwater robotic vehicles face off in a global challenge in Point Loma
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July 10, 2011 – via SAUC-E
University of Luebeck from Germany, triumphed over 9 other teams to win the SAUC-E ’11, the 6th Student Autonomous Underwater Challenge Europe.
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July 7, 2011 – via AUVSI
Co-sponsored by the Office of Naval Research, the competition challenges students to develop their own Autonomous Underwater Vehicles (AUVs) and perform realistic missions in an underwater environment.
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