Robot Subs Fire Torpedoes, Drop Bombs In AUVSI Competition
Writing by Evan Ackerman on Thursday, 6 of August , 2009 at 4:48 am
The 12th annual AUVSI AUV competition took place last month down in San Diego, California. For those of you not up to date on your acronyms, AUVSI is the Association for Unmanned Vehicle Systems International, and AUVs are Autonomus Underwater Vehicles. The AUV competition puts fully autonomous mini-subs through a complex obstacle course where they have to navigate, detect objects, and perform tasks all on their own, without sinking or being eaten by sharks. In addition to recovering a briefcase which was full of either secret documents or a school of mackerel, the robots had to fire torpedoes at a target or drop bombs on a series of vehicles and structures inexplicably located underwater.
The overall winner was Cornell University, who managed to autonomously complete all of the course objectives in the allotted time. This isn’t entirely surprising, considering the experience CMU has with autonomous vehicles. (Yeah, I’m an idiot. -Ed.)
Video from the final competition day, with spectacular footage of a robot sub firing its torpedoes, after the jump.
Spectacular.
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Comment by Forrest
Made Thursday, 6 of August , 2009 at 9:11 am
CMU is Carnegie Mellon University, not Cornell
Comment by Evan Ackerman
Made Thursday, 6 of August , 2009 at 12:08 pm
Hmm, I guess that would explain why Cornell isn’t spelled with an M.
Or a U.
There’s a C in there, though, so it’s practically the same school, isn’t it?
I’m in trouble now, aren’t I?
Comment by Ironman
Made Thursday, 6 of August , 2009 at 1:10 pm
It’s okay, as a Cornell student. I forgive you.
if cornell robotics accidentally get confused with CMU robotics, i’d take that as a compliment. Thanks Evan!
Comment by quantum_flux
Made Thursday, 11 of November , 2010 at 2:58 pm
Cool McGoo!
