Team members Lee Wiseley, Mike Bujold and Xiaochuan Chen with the pressure hull of their RoboSub competition entry.
UAlberta student team is putting its underwater robotic vehicle to the test against more than 30 teams from around the world. A student team based in the University of Alberta's Faculty of Engineering has taken its underwater robotic vehicle to an international competition in the United States this week. "It's sort of like an underwater obstacle course for robotic vehicles," said team lead Mike Bujold, who is in his fourth year of computing science. "The robot has tasks it is required to do autonomously." Ten team members are making the trip to a U.S. Navy facility in San Diego, which hosts the annual RoboSub competition. There, they will compete against more than 30 teams from around the world. The U of A team's underwater vehicle is equipped to complete its tasks with visual identification software that allows it to "see" where it is going and "recognize" specific shapes. Sonar also helps the vehicle know where it is relative to other objects.
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