MATE ROV

 http://www.marinetech.org/rov_competition -> moved to ->  http://www.materover.org/

About

The MATE ROV competition is an underwater robotics competition primarily for high school and college teams. Each year the competition changes with the teams required to solve a unique problem designed by the competition coordinators. The competition consists of not only completing a timed pool mission, but also to create a poster and technical report. Additionally, during the competition teams must participate in an engineering evaluation in which team members explain their design to a panel of distinguished engineers. Each portion of the competition is given a score and the team with the highest point total wins.

Competition

A link to the 2011 Competition Mission Information is provided at the bottom of the page or at the competition website listed above.

Typically the competition has been formatted as follows:

Pool Mission

• 15-20min to complete a set of tasks
• Each task is worth points
• The tasks have different difficulties usually and many teams do not complete them all
• Demonstrates that ROV is capable of doing what it was designed for

Technical Report

• 20 page maximum
• Describes choices made while designing the ROV
• Includes pictures, schematics, cad drawings, budget sheet
• Submitted approx. 4 weeks prior to competition

Poster Evaluation

• Illustrates the decisions made to complete the specific tasks
• Evaluated by technical as well as public relations individuals
• Must be thorough but concise in delivery of information
• Typically only one poster board with no additional audio/video

Engineering Evaluation

• 15 min presentation to a panel of judges and then up to 15 min of Q/A
• Highlight all engineering decisions and address any safety issues
• Discuss any innovative feature
• Q/A addresses each team member's understanding of the ROV
• Primarily done w/ ROV present but no other presentation devices (ie: no projector/PPT)

Timeline

• Mid-Late November - Design Specs and Rules Released
• Mid-Late June - International Competition

Meetings

• 10/5/10 - Information Session
• 11/2/10 - Research Sharing Session
• 12/8/10 - Brainstorming Session
• 12/12/10 - Brainstorming Session

Calendar/Finances

• Calendar
• Finances

Research

• Research
• Saline Pickup Solutions - Ryan Reid
• Cap Designs
• Prop Parts

Resources

• MATE Youtube Channel -  http://www.youtube.com/user/MATECenter
• MATE ROV Flickr Group -  http://www.flickr.com/groups/rov_competitions/
• High Technology High School Robotics -  http://sites.google.com/site/hthsrobotics/
• ROV Component Howto's -  http://h2orobots.org/howto.htm
• Cornell AUV Sources -  http://www.cuauv.org/node/1016