10th AUVSI Autonomous Underwater Vehicle Competition Winners

The 10th annual, international, AUVSI sponsored, autonomous underwater vehicle (AUV) competition wrapped up Sunday. For the third straight year it looks like University of Florida's SubjuGator has taken first place. UF is followed by University of Central Florida with their year-old, rapid prototyped design,  and the University of Rhode Island.

The final standings are as follows:

1. University of Florida
2. University of Central Florida (UCF)
3. University of Rhode Island (URI)
4. Ecole de Technologie Superieure (ETS)
5. Cornell University
6. University of Southern California
7. United States Naval Academy

Here's a shot of the final scoreboard from UF's blog.

Several of the top teams, including UF, ETS, and Cornell had brand new vehicle designs. The official list of competitors has links to all the team's websites and journal papers. My own team, NCSU, had catastrophic system failures and wasn't able to qualify.

Good job to everyone that competed. Looking forward to next year, especially with the new weight rules. Also glad to hear that SMU's stolen robot was returned!


Note: Cornell's website lists winners without UCF. Not sure where the discrepancy is coming from.

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3 Responses to “10th AUVSI Autonomous Underwater Vehicle Competition Winners”

1. Felix Pageau Says:
   June 9th, 2008 at 21:16

   The ranking posted there is the preliminary ranking , not the final one.
   Final ranking is :
   - University of Florida (UF)
   - University of Rhodes Island (URI)
   - École de technologie supérieure (ETS)
   - Cornell University (CU)
   - University of Central Florida (UCF)
   … (final standing will be available on the AUVSI website shortly)

2. Don Says:
   June 9th, 2008 at 21:16

   The UF site says that those results are from the end of preliminaries, not the final results of the competition. The scoreboard image you link to shows the seedings going into the final round. UCF was #2 going into the finals. The final results have not officially been released, but Cornell’s website has the correct list.

3. Eric M. Schwawrtz Says:
   June 9th, 2008 at 21:16

   The final standings you have is incorrect. This was the final standings ENTERING the final round. The final standings can be found at http://www.auvsi.org/competitions/2007/07finalstandings.cfm
   and are partially listed below.
   1) UF
   2) Rhode Island
   3) ETS
   4) Cornell
   5) UCF
   …

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