Our computing division is now working on three major projects for this year’s competition: manipulator control, photogrammetry, and float communications. The first group’s goal is to overhaul our programs for controlling ROV manipulators to make them as precise and easy to use as possible, which will be very important for Read more…
Over the past few months, our team has been working hard to get our new ROV, the SS&T Texas, ready for competition. Through the struggles and the guide MATE has finally sent out, though, we have discovered along the way that SS&T Missouri would be a better fit for this year’s tasks. Read more…
All of our divisions are working hard as we approach the release of the official task guide. The task preview has been posted, though, so we have a better idea of what direction the competition will be going in this year. The computing division is looking into new applications of Read more…
As the day that the competition rules are posted draws near, the computing division is currently focused on training and practicing through example projects. In particular, we have members practicing with the object recognition, navigation and autonomous movement capabilities of ArduSub (the ROV control software we use) via OpenCV, QGroundControl Read more…
This summer marked a huge turning point for the Underwater Robotics Team. Through our discussions with the USS Missouri, we were able to get in contact with her sister, the USS Iowa, and bring our ROV on board the battleship! Thanks to them both, we have started a conversation with the Historic Read more…
The Missouri S&T Underwater Robotics Team has finished competing in our first ever MATE ROV competition from June 21-26! We placed 14th out of 20 teams in our class, not a bad run for the first time out! While we were there, we also took the chance to visit the Read more…
Today marks a milestone in the Missouri Underwater Robotics Team’s history. We are proud to announce the official commissioning of the SS&T Missouri, ROV-3, into the team. All of our hard work and countless hours of effort have led us to this moment. If you would like to watch the Read more…
We are making our final preparations for competition during this next week! Seven of us will set out on June 21st for competition in Long Beach, CA. We will be celebrating all of the progress our team has made this semester on Friday, June 17, with our commissioning ceremony for Read more…
We made it! SS&T Missouri, our current ROV, has been accepted into the MATE Explorer 2022 competition! The journey has been documented on our social media pages, both the highs and the lows. Thank you for all the support from our families, friends, sponsors, and those who came before us Read more…
As we close in on competition, things are starting to pick up! Our mechanical division put the finishing touches on the frame by adding penetrators to keep the wires waterproof when entering the enclosure, as well as worked on our manipulators to allow us to interact with the props. The Read more…