SONIA's best rankings at the AUVSI & ONR’s International Autonomous Underwater Vehicle Competition

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The SONIA AUV project from the École de technologie supérieure, entirely composed of volunteer, undergraduate engineering students, is devoted to the development of an Autonomous Underwater Vehicle (AUV).

Since our beginning in 1999, we have developed 7 AUV prototypes with the goal of competing at the AUVSI and ONR's International Autonomous Underwater Vehicle Competition. Recent years have seen us consistently ranking in the top 3 positions with our award winning designs.

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    Journée Porte ouverte de l'ETS 27 Janvier 2013

    2011 Team Presentation Video

    Thursday July 7, 2011

    This year, the competition asked us to produce a short video presentation of the team, our objectives and the vehicle. Take a look at our recap for the year 2011!

    2011 Journal paper

    Monday June 27, 2011

    The 2011 journal paper and the AUV section are now online! They are covering every aspects of our project. It presents the key features of our prototype as well as the specific solutions engineered by our team members. Learn more about this year’s developments

    Concept and Design of the 2011 SONIA AUV Platform

    You can also check out the photo gallerie of our vehicle!

    Pool test June 25 - Vase grabbing and releasing

    Saturday June 25, 2011

    On June 25 the vehicle was once again able to complete an important obstacles for the competition, grabbing and releasing the vase.

    Pool test June 18 - Bins and Love Lane

    Saturday June 18, 2011

    On June 18 the vehicle was able to complete two important obstacles for the competition, the bins and the "love lane".

    First test with the new vehicle

    Sunday June 12, 2011

    The vehicle pass its first test last weekend. We tested the position and navigation controller.