Robot Sub Competition Winners Announced

Although I was deeply disappointed at the absence of robot sharks with frickin laser beams attached to their heads, the 11^th International Autonomous Underwater Vehicle Competition was still awesome. Robotic subs competed in a variety of tasks showing off their technological prowess. This year a team from the University of Maryland emerged victorious unseating the 3-time record holders from Florida. In the end eight teams (out of 25) made it to the final round this year:

1 University of Maryland

2 University of Texas at Dallas

3 École de technologie supérieure

4 University of Florida

5 United States Naval Academy

6 University of Victoria

7 Cornell University 

8 Florida Atlantic University

Mad amount of uber nerdy data on subs (Journals) and teams here.

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