| Six university teams competed at
the QinetiQ Ocean Basin Tank with vehicles they had designed and built
themselves at the second SAUC-E competition to be held in the UK.
Following two days of practice and qualifying, the teams competed in the final competition. The final competition involved the teams attempting to complete a number of challenges in the underwater environment.
Results table
| Award |
Team |
Judges' Comments |
1st
(£5,000 prize kindly sponsored by QinetiQ) |
Southampton |
"Good Hydrodynamics, good propulsion, good form factor, understood
battery conditions with backup, good demonstration, took pictures
/ feedback, observed differences in motor drive performance when
changing from shore power to battery". |
| 2nd |
Cambridge |
"Young and enthusiastic, good group dynamics, little outside
assistance, well crafted, cost effective, good packing density,
commercially focused". |
| 3rd |
Ensieta |
"High quality engineering, simple drive, very good GUI, produced
pictures with detections". |
| = 4th |
Heriot Watt |
"Robust design, good structure to mission management, well
balanced design and priorities". |
| = 4th |
Nice |
"High quality engineering, well organised team, good structure
to decision making, simulation tools, development environment". |
| 5th |
Bath |
"Improvement over last year, flexible design, more focused
towards robust AUV, consider different watertight integrity, beaten
by environment". |
The BAE prize for Innovation in Autonomy was won by:
Southampton.
The Thales prize for Innovation in Control was won by:
Ensieta
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