Section 1: Competition Overview

1.1 Dates & Venue

The 2025 RoboSub Competition (RoboSub 2025) will be held 11-17 August 2025 at the Woollett Aquatics Center in Irvine, California, USA.

1.2 Competition Structure

RoboSub includes (1) the Autonomy Challenge that demonstrates an AUV's autonomous performance and safety; and (2) Design Documentation that presents each team’s work and vehicle design, and

1.3 Eligibility

Student teams from anywhere in the world are eligible to participate. All teams must build an AUV to compete and may enter one or two vehicles in the competition. *

*First-year teams are eligible to participate in RoboSub without an AUV. These teams are expected to participate in Design Documentation and send representatives on-site at the event as a learning experience. First-year teams are expected to indicate this option in their registration form.

1.3.1 Eligibility Details & Team Composition

• Teams must be comprised of 75% or more full-time students. Student members are expected to make significant contributions to the engineering development cycle of their AUV.

• The majority of team members must be college or high school students. Teams may also include middle school students. Interdisciplinary teams are encouraged.

• Teams may be comprised of 25% or less, mentors or advisors, alumni, industry, academic or government partners.

1.4 Competition Schedule and Timeline

The event schedule is also available on the RoboSub website.

Date	Event	Location
Online Registration & Submissions
04 October 2024- 28 February 2025	Registration Information and Fee Payment	(Online)
23 June 2025	Event Submission Deadline: Team Member Registration Team Demographics Merchandise Order Vehicle Information On-Site Requirements	Registration Portal (Online)
30 June 2025	Design Documentation Deadline: Technical Design Report Website Team Introduction Video Communicaty & Outreach (optional)	Registration Portal (Online)
04 August	Pre-Qualification Maneuver	Pre-Qualification Form (Online)
In-Person Event
11 August (early afternoon)	Team Check-in / Orientation	Woollett Aquatics Center
12-14 August	Practice Course Open Qualifying Round Design Presentations System Assessments	Woollett Aquatics Center
15-16 August	Semi-Finals Round	Woollett Aquatics Center
17 August	Finals Round Awards	Woollett Aquatics Center

1.5 Points of Contact

RoboSub Questions:	Registration Questions:	On-Site Logistics/Safety:
robosub.org/discord [e-mail]	[e-mail]	[e-mail] 850.642.053

1.6 RoboNation 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, and/or disqualification from components of the competition, the full competition, and/or future competitions.

1. Give your best effort. Display honesty, integrity, and sportsmanship while engaging in friendly competition. Compete fairly. Team products are solely the creation of student participants’ own efforts, ideas, and designs with supporting mentors providing only verbal advice.

2. Respect others. All participants and guests will display courtesy and respect toward officials, volunteers, other teams, and guests of the Competition.

3. Act with integrity. All participants and guests will behave in a responsible manner and follow the rules of the competition and host organization.

4. Support each other. All participants will embody the spirit of RoboNation and endeavor to engage with, learn from, and support one another.