RoboSub 2025 Team Handbook
  • Introduction & Table of Contents
    • Change Log
  • Section 1: Competition Overview
  • Section 2: Design Documentation
    • 2.1 Technical Design Report
    • 2.2 Team Website
    • 2.3 Team Introduction Video
    • 2.4 Design Strategy Presentation
    • 2.5 System Assessment
  • Section 3: Autonomy Challenge
    • 3.1 Mandatory Activities
    • 3.2 Task Descriptions
    • 3.3 Vehicle Operations
    • 3.4 Competition Sequence of Events
  • Section 4: Scoring & Awards
    • 4.1 Design Documentation Scoring
    • 4.2 Autonomy Challenge Scoring
    • 4.3 Awards
  • Section 5: Rules & Requirements
    • 5.1 Rules
    • 5.2 Safety Requirements
    • 5.3 Vehicle Requirements
    • 5.4 Competition Specifications
  • Section 6: How to Compete
    • 6.1 Registration
    • 6.2 Event Submissions
    • 6.3 Design Documentation Submissions
    • 6.4 Event Expectations
    • 6.5 Team Communications
    • 6.6 Data Sharing
  • Section 7: Glossary & Acronyms
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  • 3.1.1 Static Safety Inspection
  • 3.1.2 Weight Measurement
  • Vehicle Weight Example Calculations:
  1. Section 3: Autonomy Challenge

3.1 Mandatory Activities

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Before entering the Autonomy Challenge courses, teams must demonstrate their AUV adheres to the vehicle requirements outlined in , and the ability to safely control their AUV with the following mandatory activities: static safety inspection and weight measurement

3.1.1 Static Safety Inspection

Before operating in the water, all systems must pass a safety inspection by the Technical Director (TD), as outlined in The TD may disqualify any vehicle that is deemed unsafe. The system requirements are listed in

3.1.2 Weight Measurement

Vehicles are weighed before each semi-finals and finals run. Teams transport the vehicle on their cart to the scale for weight measurement. Table 3 shows the bonuses and penalties associated with a vehicle’s weight in air.

Table 3: Vehicle weight in air with Bonus or Penalties

WEIGHT
BONUS
PENALTY

AUV Weight > 125 lbs (56.7 kg)

N/A

Disqualified!

125 lbs ≥ AUV Weight > 84 lbs (38 kg)

N/A

Loss of:

-(250 + 5*(lb – 125))

-(250 + 11*(kg – 56.7))

84 lbs ≥ AUV Weight > 48.5 lbs (22 kg)

Bonus:

4.4*(38 - kg)

N/A

AUV Weight ≤ 48.5 lbs

Bonus:

80 + (48.5 - lb)

80 + 2.2*(22 - kg)

N/A

Vehicle Weight Example Calculations:

Vehicle Weight: 50kg

-(250+11(50-56.7)) = -176

Vehicle Weight: 25kg

4.4(38-25) = 57

Two Vehicles - #1) 45kg, #2) 18kg

  • Vehicle #1, 45kg: -(250+11(45-56.7)) = -121

  • Vehicle #2, 18kg: 80+2.2*(22-18) = 89

  • Total points: -121 + 89 = -32

5.3 Vehicle Requirements
5.2 Safety Requirements.
4.3 Vehicle Requirements.
Figure 1: Example Vehicle Weight Measurement