NAVSEA Robosub Competition

The Naval Sea Systems Command (NAVSEA) sponsors an annual competition for autonomous robotic submarines (Robosubs). The competition is hosted in San Diego, CA, and challenges engineering skills across multiple disciplines. The competition team brings together engineers from across the Palouse, but this page highlights the efforts of the University of Idaho Capstone Design team.

Problem Definition
Our main goal for the year is to design and produce a working, autonomous submarine capable of completing specified goals and tasks while meeting club and competition needs and requirements

Background
Launched in 1997 and co sponsored by the Association for Unmanned Vehicle Systems International (AUVSI) and the Office of Naval Research (ONR), the goal of Robosub is to advance development of Autonomous Underwater Vehicles (AUVs) by challenging new generations of engineers to perform realistic missions in an underwater environment. The competition is open to high school and college teams from around the world and is held each year at the U.S. Navy Space and Naval Warfare Systems Center Pacific's TRANSDEC Anechoic pool in San Diego, CA.

Design Objectives
The Autonomous Submarine must be able to complete numerous tasks designated by the competition.

These tasks include:

•	Going through a starting gate • Navigating from task site to task site on a course using visual and audio cues • Dropping markers at specified locations • Picking up, carrying, and dropping specified objects • Accurately deploying torpedos at targets • Completing physical puzzles using a manipulative arm

Projects
  Sub Stand The submarine stand will make for better presentation and easier repairs/modifications. The stand is intended to both hold the sub and allow the user to rotate it along a central axis running parallel to the electrical components bay. This should be fairly easy to accomplish since it is fairly similar to an engine stand. This project will be completed by first examining current device that perform similarly to this one. If a device is readily available that can be modified, this option will be explored first. If not, the device will be engineered similarly, but customized for our particular needs.   Camera Waterproofing The cameras selected by the other teams will be mounted to the sub and waterproofed by the mechanical engineering team. They will need to be mounted such that they will perform as required for the competition, but do not interfere with other devices. Depending on the cameras selected, the mechanical engineering team will first search for predesigned and waterproof certified cases. If no such cases are available, the mechanical engineering team will design cases that will be capable of being placed underwater to the max depth of the arena. Mounting will be designed accordingly to work with the case  Additional Battery Tube Front and Bottom Claw Systems Torpedo Reconstruction New Pneumatic Housing Electronics Bracket Marker Dropper</li> Bouyancy</li> Hydrophone Bracket</li> </ul>

Specifications
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Project Learning
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Document Archive
[[Media:2014_NavseaRobosub_ClientInterview.pdf|Client Interview]]