RoboSub 2012 reconnaissance in battle and reaching the final

For the first time this year, a team from Russia took part in AUVSI Foundation and ONR's 15th International RoboSub Competition sponsored by the US Naval Research (ONR) sponsored underwater vehicle. For techies, this can be called the Super Bowl of the underwater robotics competition. Following the results of the qualifying tests, the team reached the final and took the final 5th place.


July 17-22, 2012
SSC Pacific TRANSDEC, San Diego, CA


In total this year 28 teams from various countries took part in the competition. The team from Vladivostok, consisting of graduate students and employees of the Far Eastern Federal University and employees of the Institute of Marine Technology, was able to reach the final of the competition in the very first year and was in the top five teams, despite the fact that the device and software are still raw and not all task competition managed to perform.
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This is the stand-alone unit of the Russian team:

The device has 2 onboard computers: the first is used to navigate and control the propulsion units, the second is used to recognize images.

According to the competition regulations, time was given for trial swims 2 times 30 minutes a day in the order of a live queue.


Therefore, the guys were forced to additionally debug the device in the bathroom of their hotel room.


And at night, while no one sees, in the hotel pool.


Final performance of the Russian team:


Fully broadcast of the competition (3400 minutes) is available at the following link (viewing requires registration):
tive.todocast.tv
Final performances start at approximately 3150 minutes.

You can read about the competition at the following links:
RoboSub official
Publication in the Los Angeles Times

Earlier on Habré published materials about the competition of remote-controlled underwater vehicles:
The Russian team has become a two-time world champion in underwater robotics
The DVFU ROV Team 2010
We are the Champions of MATE International ROV Competition 2010, my friends
Underwater robot Junior-2 for MATE International ROV Competition 2010
Russian team at international competitions in underwater robotics

So, autonomous vehicles are much more difficult to create and force them to carry out tasks.

PS Let me remind you that the team on underwater robotics from Vladivostok in the first year of participation in competitions on remote-controlled robots in 2008 took the 8th place, and by the current time it had twice taken the 1st place in 2010 and 2012. Therefore, with stable funding, it may well take the 1st place in competitions in autonomous underwater vehicles in a couple of years.