Northrop Grumman Engineers Mentor Students Competing in RobotX Unmanned Sea Battle
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In addition to the company's sponsorship of the RobotX competition, two
"The event has just begun and we are seeing a lot of excitement and enthusiasm among the students," said Tamashiro. "As mentors, Kyle and I look forward to engaging discussions with the teams and providing them with valuable advice."
Each student team received a version of the 16-foot Wave Adaptive Modular Vessel, in addition to a grant to build a propulsion system and outfit the vessel with computers, software and sensors. As part of the competition, each team's vessel has to complete a set of tasks including the avoidance and detection of obstacles, identifying and reporting on a specified target and searching underwater for an acoustic source.
"I find this competition fascinating, given that the students are working on the next generation of autonomous control and navigation," said Palmer. "The innovations and ideas that come out of this event advance technologies that will be used by numerous industries in the future."
The competition, taking place at
For more information, please visit www.northropgrumman.com/RobotXChallenge.
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