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University of Maryland Team Wins Robot Sub Competition

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on from the holding-their-breath-all-weekend dept.

William Cox writes "A team from the University of Maryland has won the 11th Annual International Autonomous Underwater Vehicle Competition, held in San Diego, CA, this weekend. Twenty-five teams from around the world (US, Canada, Japan, and India) built autonomous submarines to complete a series of tasks using vision recognition, autonomous navigation, and sonar. Maryland unseated the 3-time record holder, University of Florida, to win first place. University of Texas at Dallas took 2nd, and a Canadian team, École de Technologie Supérieure, took 3rd."

8 of 44 comments (clear)

  1. Robotic Cougar by Reverend528 · · Score: 2, Funny

    They built a robotic cougar. Everyone thought it was real and locked themselves indoors.

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    1. Re:Robotic Cougar by 4D6963 · · Score: 3, Funny

      They built a robotic cougar. Everyone thought it was real and locked themselves indoors.

      But turned out it only was after Ashton Kutcher.

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  2. Quote from the University of Florida by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Funny

    "You sank my battleship."

  3. Google's roots... by PC+and+Sony+Fanboy · · Score: 2, Funny

    I think google now has genticles from everywhere, to everywhere.

  4. Paltry effort by sleeponthemic · · Score: 2, Funny

    No fricken laser beams

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  5. I also have roots in UMD by Layth · · Score: 2, Funny

    Great CS program.
    I'll finally graduate this year.

  6. Would have been better... by Numbah+One · · Score: 2, Funny

    ...if Maryland had mounted frickin' lasers on their sub in case they encountered any sharks.

  7. Robot Sub Competition by springbox · · Score: 4, Funny

    If this was the robot sub competition then what was the main robot competition?