RoboBoat is an international student competition designed to build and enhance a community of innovators, capable of making substantive contributions to the Autonomous Surface Vehicle (ASV) domain. Such vision is achieved by providing a venue and mechanism, whereby practitioners of this technology come together at the event to share knowledge, innovate, and collaboratively push the envelope of ASV systems.
The RoboBoat student competition is designed to build an international community of innovators – ranging from high school to higher education, capable of making substantive contributions to the maritime field and pushing development of small scale (X-Class) Unmanned Surface Vehicles (USV). The competition is designed to encourage participants to develop a USV using systems engineering principles.
- Early Bird Fee: $650.00 (register before November 30, 2019)
- Full Registration: $750.00 (register after November 30, 2019)
News
Sponsor Highlight: MathWorks
Thank you for continuing to support the teams and students in the RoboNation communities. And working together in developing the brightest talents in the fields of science, technology, & engineering.
Congrats, Champions!
Your 2024 SUAS Champions are King Fahd University of Petroleum & Minerals from Saudi Arabia.
Sponsor Highlight: Onshape
RoboNation competitions are made possible by the support of our generous sponsors. Thank you to Onshape for your generous contribution to help make the 2024 SUAS Competition a success.
Team Highlight - LSSU & FAU
Team AMORE unites two schools: Lake Superior State University & Florida Atlantic University. Although their first joint venture, the team boasts experience from prior RoboBoat and RobotX competitions.
Team Highlight - Universitas Sebelas Maret Surakar
This team has been established since December 2016 and aims to advance research in science and technology especially on unmanned surface vehicles in Indonesia.
Team Highlight - Gdańsk University of Technology
"For the past 2 years we have been developing different concepts and solutions in the field of ASVs. Last year we took 9th place. This year we come to RoboBoat 2024 with a brand new boat."
Check out the University of Puerto Rico-Mayaguez T
We are a multidisciplinary team established to promote equality, diminish, and eventually eradicate, gender stereotypes to provide a more integrated team of young industrialists...
Check out the James Martin High School Team
“We are a team of passionate students from Arlington, TX, returning for our second year. We strive to push the limits of what high school students can achieve.”
Competition Process
Student teams design autonomous, robotic boats to navigate and race through an aquatic obstacle course. The behaviors demonstrated by these boats mimic tasks that are being developed for coastal surveillance, port security and other types of oceanographic operations.Build a Boat.
The competition begins by assembling some firstmates. Read the rules carefully and then try out your sea-legs by designing, building and testing your self-driving boat (small scale of course) — which we robotically refer to as an Autonomous Surface Vessel or ASV.Sail that Boat.
During competition, the ASV shall autonomously navigate itself through a pre-defined course, allowing the student team to showcase their design and engineering skills. Vehicles are evaluated on their maneuverability, propulsion system and payload selection, enabling onboard autonomy.Win with that Boat.
No surprise here, the team with the most points wins. But bragging rights and prize money aside, along the way students will be bonding with teammates, striking up friendly rivalries and becoming part of a close-knit maritime community. So read the rules, join the conversation, and set sail for the future.Judging Criteria
See competition website.Participate
Website: https://robonation.org/programs/roboboat/
Managing Organization: AUVSI Foundation
Eligibility:
High School, Undergraduate, Graduate
High School, Undergraduate, Graduate
Registration Dates
October 24, 2019
9:01pm PDT
Registration Opens
February 29, 2020
8:59pm PST