Rules and Regulations

  1. Team must submit Participant Roster by September 27, 2024.
  2. The team must submit Technical Design Report by March 28, 2025, at midnight.
  3. The team must pass the safety inspection and check-in before putting LPV in water.
  4. The teams will comply with all rules provided in the competition.
  5. The team may integrate all or portions of the given sensor suite to the LPV along with any additions they deem necessary to complete the task.
  6. Point bonuses will be awarded for full autonomous LPVs during the competition. Partial points will be provided if remote or human intervention is required during the competition.
  7. The team must be able to remotely pilot boat in emergency situations to return boat to shore.
  8. The team must stay within the allocated stipends; any additional expenses (including but not limited to the LPV, sensors, and competition modifications) cannot exceed an additional $2k toward the LPV or additional equipment/hardware/sensors.
    • Universities may use gift-in-kind donations and/or existing university resources as long as the fair market value on these combined items does not exceed $5k.
  9. There is no maximum number of student participants per team criteria; student participants must comply to the member eligibility criteria. Hotel accommodations will be determined closer to the date, but each team will be responsible for housing participants beyond the needs of 2 rooms.
  10. Additional rules for the final event including location, arrival times, safety, rubrics, etc. will be provided prior to the AIMM ICC. 

Right to Revise Rules

Trine University and NSWC Crane reserve the right to revise the rules at any time by providing the participants notification of revisions in the form of bulletins, revised editions of the rules, or announcements at the competition.

Acceptance of Rules

All persons or groups selected to participate in the competition are expected to know and accept the Rules. Participation in the competition shall constitute acceptance of them.

Team Member Eligibility

Anyone who has attended the participating university as an undergraduate full-time student in one of the past two semesters, or two of the past four quarters, or part time for the past year, is eligible to serve as a team member.  Graduate students can serve as advisors and mentors but should not be active members of the team, unless complying with the prior student criteria.

Supplies

For this competition, teams will use the supplied Low Profile Vessel and sensor kit. The teams can make small changes to the boat design, but all material should be easily sourced at local hardware stores, or a cost-effective online supply source.

The teams will also be provided with a sensor suite. It is up to the individual teams to add on any extra sensors they deem necessary, and program their own algorithms to make the sensor suite work to the individual LPVs.

*Additional costs incurred must comply with Rule 8 outlined above.

Scoring

The competition will be judged in three Topic Areas (Technical Report, Presentation, and Final Competition). Awards for the Top Team will be awarded for each Topic Area. The combined efforts of all three Topic Areas will yield the standings for the overall winner. 

Documents

Challenge Brief
Competition Course Details
Challenge Competition Scoresheet
Score Log
Technical Design Report
Design Presentation
Buoy Images
Vehicle Safety Inspection
Sensor Package
Supplied Project Materials