ROBOSUB INTERNATIONAL COMPETITION

What is RoboSub?

RoboSub is an international student competition. Student teams from around the world design and build robotic submarines, otherwise known as Autonomous Underwater Vehicles (AUV). The behaviors demonstrated by these experimental AUVs mimics those of real-world systems, currently deployed around the world for underwater exploration, seafloor mapping, and sonar localization, amongst many others.

The Competition

Assemble your team and get busy designing, building and testing the sub-systems of your AUV. Now put it all together and demonstrate your vehicles autonomy by completing a series of tasks through a pre-defined mission. Themes differ every year. For the upcoming 2023 event, the competition's will be based on the iconic sci-fy film Stargate. Click down below to see the offical handbook.

RoboNation Handbook 2026