MUN RoboSub

IMPORTANT: We are currently recruiting volunteers for competing in the RoboSub 2022 Competition. Join our Discord Channel here to learn more!

NEWS: We are pleased to inform that our engineering group has grown and we look forward to collaborating with the new members to work on our mission of representing MUN at the 2023 RoboSub Competition!

About MUN RoboSub

MUN RoboSub is an engineering student group at Memorial University of Newfoundland (MUN). The group is comprised of engineering students with diverse backgrounds working on bringing a concept to reality. Designing an Autonomous Underwater Vehicle (AUV) to represent MUN in the RoboSub AUV International Competition, held from July 31 - Aug 6 at the TRANSDEC Facility in San Diego, CA USA.

What is an AUV?

AUVs are unmanned underwater systems intelligent enough to perform sub-sea navigation and other purpose-specific operations. Major applications include commercial, research and military, and operations include ocean mapping and survey, underwater asset inspection in oil & gas etc.

At a low level of analysis, the AUV integrates a variety of sensors combined with a means of propulsion(hardware), control(software) and a power supply, which translates to how long the vehicle can be operational.

What is RoboSub Competition?

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.

Learn more about RoboSub on their official website here.

Want to see what tasks our AUV will be tackling? Check this PDF out!