Code of Conduct: All team members must abide by the RoboNation Code of Conduct while participating in the Competition. Failure to abide by this Code of Conduct at any point during the competition season may result in the disqualification of the team and/or participants from the Competition, components of the competition, the full competition, and/or future competitions. (Section 1.7: RoboNation Code of Conduct)
Vehicle Entry: Teams must build an ASV to compete and may enter up to two vehicles in the competition. (Section 5.3: Vehicle Requirements)
Rookie Teams: First-year teams are eligible to participate in RoboBoat without an ASV. These teams are expected to participate in Design Documentation and send representation on-site at the event as a learning experience. First-year teams must indicate this option in their registration form.
Vehicle Requirements: Teams that arrive at the competition failing to meet the vehicle requirements will not be permitted on the course, until the vehicle is modified to meet all requirements.
OCU Connection: During any Semi-Finals or Finals run the ASV and OCU computers must not connect or be open to connections from any source of communication from the internet or anywhere onsite other than equipment stationed in the course operating tents. This includes any LTE corrections used for communications or GPS corrections.
No Combustion: No combustion engines of any type may be used on the ASV.
ASV Safety: Prior to entering the Autonomy Challenge courses, teams must demonstrate the ability to operate their ASV safely.
Team Composition: Teams must be comprised of 75% or more full-time students. ()
Team Lead: One student member of the team must be designated as the “team lead”. The team lead must be conversationally fluent in English. The team lead, and only the team lead, will speak for the team during competition runs.
Attendance: Teams must have at least one representative present onsite at the competition venue during the competition hours (8:00 am – 5:30 pm) to be eligible for prizes. If teams cannot be onsite, they must notify RoboNation staff in a timely manner.
Orientation Attendance: Teams must have at least one representative present for the team orientation. Teams who miss orientation will not be permitted to deploy their ASV.
Daily Team Meetings: Team leads are required to attend daily team meetings conducted by the Technical Director.
Potential Damage: RoboNation is not responsible for any damage to a team’s ASV as a consequence of participating in the competition.
Competition Suspended: The officials may suspend the competition at any time they deem that it is required (i.e. for safety or security reasons).
Award Money: Only the student component of each team is eligible for award money.
Judge Decisions: All decisions of the judges are final. ()
Course Entry: Unless otherwise specified, no team member is allowed to enter the course at any time (this includes wading, swimming and diving as well as floats, boats, etc.) Competition officials are responsible for recovering lost vehicles. Officials make all reasonable efforts to recover a lost vehicle but cannot guarantee that they will be able to do so. All teams recognize that by entering the competition, they risk damage to or the loss of their vehicle. The judges, officials, hosts, and sponsors can take no responsibility for such damage or loss.
Course Boundaries: An Autonomy Challenge run will be terminated if the ASV interferes with course elements or crosses a course boundary through to a different course. This includes entangling, dragging, pushing, or damaging course elements or landscape.