• Competition

  Autonomous underwater robotics is an exciting challenge in engineering, which students get to experience at SAUVC. The competition is great learning ground for students to experience the challenges of AUV system engineering and develop skills in the related fields of mechanical, electrical and software engineering.

• Mentorship

  Students will have access to mentors and support. Teams will be assigned liaisons who will be able to provide mentorship and technical guidance as the teams work on designing and building their AUVs. SAUVC emphasises outreach, learning and skill development and we want to ensure everyone learns and grows through the course of SAUVC.

• Guest speakers

  The competition will also feature workshops and lectures from world renowned experts in the field of marine robotics and autonomous underwater systems to inspire students with new ideas and techniques to solve challenges and build an interest in careers related to marine robotics.

• Get-together

  The competition is also about meeting others like us, who are also interested in underwater robotics and autonomous systems, to get to know one another, to share ideas and make connections.

SAUVC 2018 Winners

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  Intelligent Marine Vehicle Team (SAUVC-CN-01)
  Northwestern Polytechnical University
  Xi'an, China

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  Tiburon (SAUVC-IN-12)
  NIT Rourkela
  Rourkela, India

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  FEFU/IMTP (SAUVC-RU-01)
  Far Eastern Federal University
  Vladivostok, Russia

SAUVC 2018 Finalists

SAUVC 2018 Competitors

Competition

The SAUVC competition challenges student teams to build an AUV which can perform given tasks. These tasks are simulations of tasks operational AUVs would have to be able to perform. The competition is held in a swimming pool and each team's AUV will have to perform 4 tasks. The speed and accuracy at which the AUV performs tasks will be used to decide the winner of the competition.

The tasks involve four widely faced challenges underwater such as AUV navigation, visual identification, acoustic localization and robotic manipulation.

Detailed explaination of the various tasks of the competition and rules are in the Rulebook.

The competition is open to students from all over the world. A team may consist of up to 8 participants. At least half of the participants must be students at the time of registration.

Calculate your score! Total = 0 pts

Schedule

Speakers

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  Tom Curtin

  Senior Principal Research Scientist at University of Washington

  Lessons Learned from Twenty Years of Student Autonomous Underwater Vehicle Competitions.

  Since 1998, close to 10,000 students have participated in the Autonomous Underwater Vehicle Competition (now called RoboSub) initiated by ONR in collaboration with AUVSI. From a judge’s perspective, some team practices have persisted over the years that are candidates for improvement. These practices will be discussed in the presentation.

  Speaker's Bio

  Thomas Curtin is Senior Principal Research Scientist at the Applied Physics Laboratory, University of Washington. He served as Chief Scientist at NATO Undersea Research Centre in Italy, Program Manager at the US Office of Naval Research, Assistant Professor at North Carolina State University, and oceanographer at Fisheries Research Institute, Malaysia.

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  Roland Bouffanais

  Assistant Professor at the Singapore University of Technology and Design

  Swarming technology for pervasive monitoring of the marine environment.

  Swarm Robotics offers a promising approach to the pervasive monitoring of marine environments. Traditional monitoring techniques rely on either a single autonomous robot—autonomous surface vehicle—or a fixed network of sensors. Neither existing technology is suitable or efficacious for the robust monitoring and tracking of dynamic environmental features at the surface of aqueous environments. There is a pressing need for small, low-cost and rapidly deployable autonomous buoys.

  Speaker's Bio

  Roland Bouffanais is an Assistant Professor at the Singapore University of Technology and Design (SUTD). He received his Ph.D. from EPFL (Lausanne, Switzerland) in computational science for which he received the prestigious IBM Research Prize in Computational Sciences (2008) and the ERCOFTAC Da Vinci Award Silver Medal (2007). He has been a postdoctoral fellow and associate at MIT and still is a research associate with the Department of Mechanical Engineering at MIT.

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  Hayato Kondo

  Associate Professor at the Tokyo University of Marine Science and Technology

  AUV development during the last decade.

  Autonomous Underwater Vehicles or Underwater Robots have potential to explore and discover underwater resources and also unearth new knowledge about oceans. In the future, they might construct underwater structures, maintain and repair subsea structures, mine and collect mineral resources, and breed fish in open water autonomously. In this talk Prof Hayato would share some stories on AUV development under him during last decade, which were challenging to create new application of AUVs.

  Speaker's Bio

  Dr. Hayato Kondo is an Associate Professor at the Tokyo University of Marine Science and Technology. He received his Master and Bachelor degrees in Mechanical Engineering from Waseda University, and the PhD in Naval Architecture and Ocean Engineering from The University of Tokyo. He spent a year at the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution in the U.S.A. as a guest investigator from 2011 to 2012.

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  William J Kirkwood

  Senior Research and Development Engineer at Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute

  Competitions, Workshops, Conferences and Membership: How they can advance your Maritime Career?

  In today’s world, young engineers have learned to rely on the World Wide Web as a major source for information and exchange between themselves and their colleagues. The Internet is a powerful resource and without a doubt has made the flow of information faster as well as supplanting many of the traditional methods for interaction, interactions that were previously accomplished within the function of a technical society. This said, the Internet has not and cannot entirely replace all of these interactions and is not capable of various other aspects performed by a technical society. This

  Speaker's Bio

  William (Bill) Kirkwood has been with the Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute (MBARI) since 1991, and in that time has held many positions, including Director of Engineering. Bill has also developed a number of vehicles and instruments at MBARI including the remotely operated vehicle (ROV) Tiburon, the autonomous vehicle class (AUV) Dorado and the deep ocean Raman systems (DORISS) to name a few.

Travel

• Getting to Singapore

  Singapore is one of Southeast Asia's largest aviation hubs, so unless you're coming from Peninsular Malaysia or Batam/Bintan in Indonesia, the easiest way to enter Singapore is by air. In addition to Singapore Airlines and SilkAir, Singapore is also home to low-cost carriers, Scoot and Jetstar Asia. In addition to the locals, every carrier of any size in Asia offers flights to Singapore, with Air Asia and Firefly operating dense networks from Singapore.

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• Visa

  Many nationalities can enter Singapore without a visa. Refer to the Immigration and Checkpoints Authority for current guidelines. Entry permit duration depends on nationality and entry point. Most people get 14 or 30 days, although EU, Norwegian, Swiss and US passport holders can get up to 90 days. If you are a registered team and need invitation letters to apply for a Visa to Singapore, please contact your Team Liaison.

• Get Around

  Getting around Singapore is easy. The public transportation system is extremely easy to use and taxis are reasonably priced. All public transport systems in Singapore use the EZ-link contactless RFID farecard or a Nets Flash Pay card. You can store value on it and use it on trains (MRT) and city buses. The card can be bought at MRT stations can be "topped up" in increments at the farecard vending machines or 7-Eleven stores. Taxis use meters and are reasonably priced and honest. Mobile apps like Uber and Grab are handy in getting Taxis.

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• Accomodation

  Accommodation in Singapore is expensive by South-East Asian standards. Backpackers' hostels can be found primarily in Little India, Chinatown, Bugis, Clarke Quay and the East Coast at about $25-40 for a dorm bed. Some hostels will rent out whole rooms. Alternatively, the entire dorm room (4 or more beds) can be booked. This provides space for equipment. Check out 65hostel, Boxyroom, 9flats for more options.

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Venue

Singapore Polytechnic
500 Dover Road
Singapore 139651

• By Public Transport

  Singapore Polytechnic is at the door step of Dover MRT (train) Station (EW22 Dover). You can also take buses from various parts of Singapore to either Commonwealth Avenue West, Dover Road or Dover Avenue. Google Maps and Gothere.sg are handy websites for finding out bus routes.

• By Car

  The venue address is Singapore Polytechnic, 500 Dover Road, Singapore 139651. The nearest car park to the venue is near Gate 2 or Gate 3.

Sponsors

We are very grateful and would like to say a big Thank You to all the companies that have sponsored SAUVC until now.

We are currently looking for sponsors for SAUVC 2018. Interested in encouraging students doing underwater robotics? Contact us at [email protected]

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