Bringing together 15 teams of university students from five countries – United States, Singapore, Korea, Japan and Australia – RobotX challenges each team to develop and test a highly-capable unmanned surface vessel (USV).
“I find this competition fascinating, given that the students are working on the next generation of autonomous control and navigation,” said Kyle Palmer, guidance and control engineer.
“The innovations and ideas that come out of this event advance technologies that will be used by numerous industries in the future,” he added.
The competition, taking place at Marina Bay, is co-sponsored by the Association for Unmanned Vehicle Systems International Foundation, the Office of Naval Research and Singapore’s Ministry of Defence.
By Rachael Doyle
