Since our founding in 2011, our team has taken part in a wide range of robotics competitions. Our members come from many different schools and grade levels, united by a shared passion for robotics. Explore our journey below!
Competitions
RobotX is the most advanced competition hosted by RoboNation. Teams of primarily college students from around the world design and build their own Uncrewed Surface Vessel (USV), Uncrewed Aerial Vehicle (UAV), and Uncrewed Underwater Vehicle (UUV), which must work together to complete a series of tasks. In previous years, teams competed using a 16-foot WAM-V catamaran manufactured by Marine Advanced Robotics as their surface vessel, paired with either a UUV or a UAV of their own design. The competition's tasks challenge teams to innovate and push the boundaries of maritime robotics.
We compete in a variety of autonomous car competitions. We are currently partnering with Triton AI, a student organization at University of California San Diego, to learn about artificial intelligence and compete. In most autonomous car competitions, teams use neural networks or other forms of machine learning to train their cars to drive a track, with each test run helping the car improve. Competition vehicles range from small remote-control cars all the way up to full-size Indy race cars.
RoboSub is an exciting underwater robotics competition in which teams of high school and college students from around the world design and build Autonomous Underwater Vehicles (AUVs). These vehicles must navigate a series of underwater tasks entirely on their own, and the tasks are modeled on current research in autonomous underwater systems.
Team Inspiration placed #1 at the 2020 RoboSub Competition!
RoboBoat is an international competition in which students of many ages design and build autonomous robotic boats. These boats must navigate a variety of on-water challenge courses on their own. Both the boats and the courses are inspired by real challenges facing the maritime industry, such as coastal surveillance and port security.
FIRST (For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology) is a robotics organization that promotes STEM to students from kindergarten through 12th grade. Founded by Dean Kamen in 1989, FIRST has grown into a global program with more than 400,000 students, 90,000 mentors, 38,700 teams, 90,000 event volunteers, and 34,000 robots. FIRST offers three program levels: FIRST® LEGO® League (FLL), FIRST® Tech Challenge (FTC), and FIRST® Robotics Competition (FRC).