We design, build, and test autonomous systems for dynamic maritime environments.

Our Team

We are final-year project, directed reading, and extracurricular students from a range of disciplines and year levels.

Meet some of our team below.

Our Competition

We contest the international Maritime RobotX competition, against 20+ university teams.

The Maritime RobotX competition challenges teams to design and deploy a fully autonomous multi-domain system of systems, integrating a surface vessel, underwater vehicle, and aerial drone to execute a cohesive real-world mission. Through a combination of rigorous safety assessments and dynamic on-water tasks, the competition evaluates not just individual platform performance, but the ability of these systems to communicate, adapt, and operate together in complex environments.

Building on our strongest result to date, 7th in the world in 2024 we are advancing our designs and autonomy stack for RobotX 2026, pushing toward more capable, connected, and mission-ready robotic systems.

Our Competition Platforms

We currently have three platforms developed for entry into RobotX.

Final-Year/Directed Reading/Extracurricular projects are available across all systems.

  • Artemis UAV

    Artemis is our custom-built quadcopter, engineered to serve as the “eyes in the sky” within our multi-domain autonomous system. Designed for rapid deployment and resilient operation in maritime environments, it combines a lightweight carbon fiber airframe with integrated flotation, enabling safe operation over water without compromising performance. As an aerial asset, Artemis extends the reach of our system far beyond the surface vessel, providing a dynamic vantage point for wide-area surveillance, rapid situational assessment, and mission support.

    Powered by a Pixhawk flight controller and onboard NVIDIA Jetson Orin Nano, Artemis leverages dual cameras and advanced visual SLAM to perceive, map, and navigate complex environments in real time. This enables precise autonomous flight, while supporting other platforms with tasks such as target identification and tracking. Integrated payload delivery capabilities further expand its mission versatility, allowing it to interact directly with the environment when needed. Seamlessly connected with our surface and subsea platforms, Artemis plays a critical role in enhancing situational awareness and enabling coordinated, intelligent operations across the entire system.

  • Atlas USV

    Atlas is our surface vessel built on the proven BlueBoat platform and developed into a robust autonomous system for real-world maritime missions. Designed for the competition environment, it combines intelligent autonomy with a rugged, modular architecture—capable of navigating complex environments with precision and reliability. As the central node of a multi-domain system, the vessel plays a critical role in coordinating operations across the air and under the water, acting as the communication and decision-making hub that links the entire mission together.

    At its core, the system integrates advanced perception and navigation technologies, including 3D LiDAR, dual-antenna GPS, and high-definition computer vision, powered by onboard compute for real-time processing and autonomy. Beyond operating independently, the vessel enables seamless collaboration with both an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) and an unmanned underwater vehicle (UUV), facilitating data exchange, mission updates, and cooperative task execution across domains. Atlas is the backbone of our system-of-systems, demonstrating how autonomous systems can extend reach, enhance situational awareness, and unlock new possibilities in maritime operations.

  • Bastet UUV

    Bastet is our unmanned underwater vehicle, built on the robust BlueROV2 platform and engineered to operate as the subsea extension of our multi-domain system. Designed for precision and adaptability, it brings full six-degree-of-freedom control and a highly modular architecture to underwater operations. While the surface vessel coordinates and the aerial drone observes, Bastet is the system’s reach beneath the surface—executing close-range inspection, interaction, and task completion in environments that are otherwise inaccessible.

    To enable autonomy beyond the tether, Bastet is equipped with an onboard computing stack for local perception and decision-making, which will be paired with an acoustic modem for communication with the surface vessel. This allows it to operate independently while still contributing to the wider mission in real time. Integrated vision capabilities support navigation and target identification, while a magnetic probe enables direct interaction with submerged objects to complete competition tasks. As part of a coordinated system with our surface and aerial platforms, Bastet transforms underwater operations from isolated tasks into a connected, intelligent, and collaborative domain.