CUAUV has won the 12th annual international AUVSI competition. The team is extremely impressed with the vehicles and performances of its competitors. CUAUV learned many things which will help in the development of next year's vehicle. Cornell has not placed first in this competition since 2003. The team will be leaving San Diego tomorrow and is excited to begin work on next year's design in a couple weeks.

Today, Nova completed the entire AUVSI competition course autonomously! The run was finished in 11.5 minutes and all mission elements were completed. The team is extremely excited about its performance.

Cornell will have its run in the fnals at 2:00pm PST. Watch our twitter feed for up to the minute news.

Go to the AUVSI competition website for a link to the live webcast of the competition.

Cornell's successful qualifying run places them in 1st place as we enter this Sunday's AUVSI/ONR Competition finals. The team will get first pick of run times due to this placement.

Other teams that made the finals are: University of Maryland, ETS, University of Victoria, University of Central Florida, Florida Atlantic University, University of Rhode Island, University of Southern California, Kyushu Institute of Technology, and University of Texas Dallas. Congratulations!

Here is the AUVSI day 2 recap, featuring our qualifying run.

Cornell placed first in static judging at the AUVSI competition. Static judging focuses on vehicle design communicated through the team's journal paper and website, as well as an oral presentation.

Based on this finish, CUAUV got to choose its qualifying run time tomorrow first. Nova will be in the pool at 2pm PST. Follow us on twitter for updates of this run.

CUAUV autonomously went through the validation gate, followed pipes, hit the buoy, went under the wire, fired torpedoes, and surfaced with the briefcase in the recovery zone. The team is thrilled with Nova's performance, but it still working hard on maintaining the vehicle.

Pictures will be posted shortly.

Practice runs yesterday went very well. Nova was able to autonomously complete all tasks and only encountered problems in transitioning from the torpedo nest to the bins. The team prepared for static juding today. CUAUV also has a 2:00pm PST qualifying run. Follow us on twitter for up to the minute news.

The team completed three practice runs today at TRANSDEC. Nova was able to pass through the validation gate, follow pipelines, hit the buoy, drop markers, fire torpedoes, follow the hydrophones, grab the safe, and surface in the recovery zone.

Problems were encountered when it was discovered that the practice side pinger was louder than the ones on the competition side. The briefcase grabbing code also had to be modified. However, CUAUV is extremely excited about how well things are going the first day and is excited for the days to come.

Pictures will be uploaded to the image galleries as quickly as the internet speed permits.

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