CUAUV has participated in a number of freshmen orientation events during the past week. Pictured below, Brian Mittereder talks to freshmen at the Duffield Engineering Orientation Event. The team also participated in this year's ClubFest.

Are you interested in building a robotic submarine? Do you want to get involved in a hands-on engineering project? Then you should consider joining CUAUV! The team will be hosting recruitment info sessions during the first full week of classes. Please visit the Recruitment Page for dates,times, and locations.

Above is the competition segment of the team with the 2008 vehicle Triton. The team placed 7th overall. First place went to the University of Maryland. For complete results, check the AUVSI website.

Pictured above from left to right, Tommy Craig, Erin Fischell, Saurav Bhatia, Peter Sullivan, Brian Mittereder, and Conrad Petersen celebrate Cornell's ticket to the finals.  By placing 7th in the two days of qualifying runs, CUAUV has qualified for the finals of the AUVSI competition. Cornell will be competing against 7 other teams. For complete results click here. For a list of finalists, click here.

Pictured above, Peter Sullivan and Conrad Petersen celebrate CUAUV's first place finish in the static portion of the competition. Based on this result, the team got first pick of qualifying run time slots for Saturday. Triton will be competing at 4:30 pm PST and the team hopes to improve upon its score from today.

For complete static judging results, click here.

 

During Friday's qualifying run, the vehicle passed through the validation gate and hit the buoy. CUAUV will get a second qualifying run tomorrow.

For complete results of the first day of qualifying runs, click here.

Earlier this morning, CUAUV competed in the first round of static judging. Focusing on the design of the vehicle, this portion of the competition consists of a 15 minute presentation given to two groups of judges. Cornell's second round of static judging will take place later this afternoon.

CUAUV will compete against 20 teams in the qualifying rounds of the AUVSI competition for a spot in the Sunday Finals. By being the first team to pre-qualify, CUAUV got first pick of qualifying round time slots. Triton will be executing its run at 3:30 pm PST.

After a successful morning practice test where the vehicle autonomously completed pipe and buoy missions, CUAUV mounted the hydrophone. As part of the competition, the hydrophone will sense an acoustic pinger, retrieve the safe, and then surface in the proper recovery zone. The team is excited to use the hydrophone during the next scheduled practice run.

After encountering a problem with the thrusters during day one of practice, CUAUV made some fixes and tested out Triton in the evening at the hotel pool. The team also successfully tested search patterns and the new horizontal forward facing grabber.