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.
Papers from AUVSI's Unmanned Systems North America 2007 in Washington, DC
- Morissette, Martin. Pageau, Felix. 2007. Flexible AUV Vision Framework. In the proceedings of AUVSI's Unmanned North America 2007.
- Morissette, Martin. Pageau, Felix. 2007. Reconfigurable mission system: A proof-of-concept. In the proceedings of AUVSI's Unmanned North America 2007.
Competition-mandated journal papers for all of our participations to AUVSI and ONR's Autonomous Underwater Vehicle Competition
- Concept and Design of the 2010 SONIA AUV Platform
- SONIA 2009: Go for deployment! (Team ranked 10th)
- SONIA 2008: All In! (Team ranked 3rd)
- SONIA 2007: Exploring the Depths with Ease (Team ranked 3rd)
- SONIA 2006: A Leap Forward (Team ranked 3rd)
- SONIA 2005: Make it happen (Team ranked 2nd)
- SONIA 2004: Faster, Better and Cheaper (Team ranked 3rd)
- SONIA 2003: Lessons Learned (Team ranked 2nd)
- SONIA 2002: The Best One Yet (Team ranked 7th)
- SONIA 2001: Take II (Team ranked 11th)
- SONIA 2000: Low Cost Autonomous Robot Submarine (Team ranked 11th)
Press Releases
Here is a list of press releases where S.O.N.I.A. is mentioned.
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