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麻豆精品视频鈥檚 RoboBoat team recently won second place at the eighth annual International RoboBoat Competition in Virginia Beach, Va

麻豆精品视频RoboBoat team with their unmanned surface vehicle "Owltonomous"


By kelsie weekes | 7/21/2015

麻豆精品视频鈥檚 RoboBoat team recently won second place at the eighth annual International RoboBoat Competition in Virginia Beach, Va. It was the team鈥檚 best finish since it last won second place at the inaugural competition in 2008.

During the competition, student teams put their autonomous unmanned surface vehicles (USVs) through a series of challenges, including vehicle navigation, obstacle avoidance and autonomous docking. The teams also were evaluated on the design of their USV, including quality of engineering and craftsmanship.

FAU鈥檚 surface vehicle 鈥淥wltonomous鈥 beat 15 teams, including teams from the University of Michigan, Georgia Tech and University of Florida.

鈥淥ur engineers beat many other top universities in this competition due to the talent and dedication of our students, faculty and staff,鈥 said Javad Hashemi, Ph.D., chair of FAU鈥檚 Department of Ocean and Mechanical Engineering. 鈥淚 honestly believe we produce some of the best engineers in the state and in the nation, and we have a lot to be proud of in our department.鈥

聽FAU鈥檚 RoboBoat team is made up of 12 students from the College of Engineering and Computer Science. Team captain Travis Moscicki said the team is already thinking about next year鈥檚 competition.

聽鈥淭he ability to participate in solving a real-life engineering design challenge and work with a team of this caliber is an experience that is irreplaceable,鈥 he said. 鈥淲e are already looking toward fundraising, design, and organizational opportunities to help achieve the ultimate goal: taking home first at next year鈥檚 competition.鈥

FAU鈥檚 team was guided by faculty advisor Karl von Ellenrieder, Ph.D., professor in the Department of Ocean and Mechanical Engineering. In addition to Moscicki, team members include Justin Koening, Wesley Watkins, Harold Davis, Cullen Williams, Sam Trausneck, Christina Tsai, Jorge Martinez, Andrew Long, Bianca Mesa, Amani Shorky and Keith Scheurman.

鈥淚'm very proud of how well our students performed. We had an essentially new team - only two members of last year鈥檚 team were able to attend this year鈥檚 event,鈥 said von Ellenrieder. 鈥淲ith a combination of good attitudes, hard work, a little luck and some pre-competition help/advice from last year鈥檚 student Roboboat and RobotX competitors, the team really shined.鈥

For more information, visit the team鈥檚 website at聽.

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