The SONIA AUV project publishes documents of general public interest every year as part of its research. On this page you will find PDF versions of selected documents.

We are working on setting-up a complete archive of previous publications.

Come back often to get the newest developments.

Paper from AUVSI’s Unmanned Systems North America 2011 in Washington, DC

Papers from AUVSI’s Unmanned Systems North America 2007 in Washington, DC

Competition-mandated journal papers for all of our participations to AUVSI and ONR’s Autonomous Underwater Vehicle Competition

Press Releases

Here is a list of press releases where S.O.N.I.A. is mentioned.

2012

June 2012 – Un sous-marin conçu par des étudiants Montréalais en compétition internationale

2011

July 2011 – Team SONIA Lands Elusive RoboSub Win
July 2011 – Team SONIA from Canada Wins Grand Prize in Annual AUVSI Competition
July 2011 – Le sous-marin de l’ÉTS remporte la 14e International RoboSub Competition
July 2011 – Des étudiants québécois se démarquent aux États-Unis
July 2011 – Des étudiants québécois, champions de la robotique
July 2011 – Les étudiants de l’ÉTS grands vainqueurs de la 14th International RoboSub Competition
July 2011 – AUVSI RoboSub Competition with SolidWorks
July 2011 – 8D félicite le Club S.O.N.I.A. de l’ETS pour leur victoire à l’International Robosub Competition
July 2011 – Team Sonia Takes Prize at RoboSub 2011
July 2011 – Des étudiants québécois se démarquent
January 2011 – Jean-François Im highlighted as “One to Watch” in Unmanned Systems Magazine

2009

April 2009 – Autonomous underwater vehicle by Université du Québec – EDN.com

2008

September 2008 – S.O.N.I.A. au 3e rang (French)

2007

September 2007 – Kontron Supports Computing Autonomy
June 2007 – TI DSCS Bring Performance and Integration for Real-Time AcousticTriangulation in Team SONIA’s Autonomous Underwater Vehicle
May 2007 – James Gosling mentions SONIA in his 2007 JavaOne WrapUp

2006

October 2006 – Meet SONIA – Sun press
August 2006 – Nouvelles de l’heure : S.O.N.I.A. dans le peloton de tête – OIQ
August 2006 – S.O.N.I.A. dans le peloton de tête – ETS
August 2006 – AUV: ETS places 3rd in AUVSI and ONR’s 9th International AUV Competition – UVS Canada
August 2006 – Robot submarines make waves – CNET news
June 2006 – Defi Inventif (French)
June 2006 – AUVSI Sponsorship Opportunities

2005

September 2005 – Nouveaux exploits pour les étudiants de l’ÉTS (French)
August 2005 – Le club S.O.N.I.A. sur le podium (French)
August 2005 – S.O.N.I.A. monte sur la 2e marche du podium à San Diego (French)
August 2005 – AUVSI Final Press Release

2004

November 2004 – Concours Génie-Al 2004-2005 (French)
August 2004 – Une troisième place pour le sous-marin S.O.N.I.A. (French)
August 2004 – AUVSI Final Press Release

2003

August 2003 – S.O.N.I.A. le sous-marin automatisé de l’ÉTS : une 2e position hautement méritée! (French)
Août 2003 – AUVSI Final Press Release

2002

September 2002 – Un été de compétitions bien rempli pour les clubs étudiants de l’ÉTS (French)
Août 2002 – AUVSI Final Press Release
May 2002 – Un vent de compétitions pour les clubs étudiants de l’ÉTS (French)
January 2002 – La caverne D’Ali Baba de l’ETS (French)

2001

August 2001 – JETS Volume 9 Numéro 5 (French)
July 2001 – AUVSI Final Press Release

2000

July 2000 – AUVSI Final Press Release