Singapore Autonomous Underwater Vehicle Challenge

The Singapore AUV Challenge (SAUVC) 

Autonomous underwater robotics is an exciting challenge in engineering, which participants get to experience at SAUVC. The competition is great learning ground for participants to experience the challenges of AUV system engineering and develop skills in the related fields of mechanical, electrical and software engineering.

Student Teams

To manage the unexpected turn out of the number of teams, we introduced a criterion for the teams to qualify for participation in the event. The teams were required to submit a video of their AUV swimming without any tether attached to it for at least 10 seconds. The teams exhibited creativity and uniqueness in the design of their AUVs. The designs varied in many aspects such as size, shape and weight and also in the propulsion mechanism. 

Qualification and Final Rounds

The challenge consisted of two tiers qualification round and final round. Qualification involved swimming the AUV for 25 meters from a start line to a finish line, while staying within the water column without touching the pool boundaries. 

Each task carried a certain number of points, depending on the challenge and the difficulty involved in performing the said task. There was also a timing bonus, and a bonus associated with the static testing of AUVs. The tasks were similar to the past year’s competition, but made more challenging through randomization of positioning of buckets, flare and gate and its orientation. A complete description of the tasks, static judging criteria and award of points are covered in the competition rule book available at sauvc.github.io/rulebook/.

Each year and becoming possibly the largest underwater robotics events for students in Asia. One aspect of SAUVC is that it does not charge a registration fee for teams to participate. This is a policy aimed at promoting fledgling teams to compete, and generate interest in underwater robotics.

SAUVC is also popular for its outreach, and we also try our best to provide mentoring for teams. It was encouraging to see that there was very good information sharing amongst the teams. Most teams took home the message that SAUVC is all about learning and sharing rather than just competing. As far as we, the SAUVC committee are concerned, this is the biggest win of all.

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