Since 1999,
S.O.N.I.A. has united professors and students from the École de technologie supérieure with a shared goal: designing and building advanced autonomous underwater vehicles.
Over the years, the club has developed prototypes capable of operating without human intervention, relying on embedded systems and artificial intelligence to perceive, decide, and act according to its underwater environment.
Each generation builds upon the last, integrating new technologies, improving performance, and refining autonomy to meet the challenges of international competitions.
Year after year, the support of our sponsors makes this mission possible, enabling us to push the boundaries of engineering and innovation.
At S.O.N.I.A., we continuously strive to expand the limits of our knowledge while exploring new ideas in underwater robotics and autonomous systems.
Team work
S.O.N.I.A. prides itself of its hard work and teamwork; we believe that knowledge is best obtained through hands-on experience and collaboration. That is why we always strive for an educational environment open for all who desire to learn.
Sharing
Knowledge shouldn’t have limits. That is why S.O.N.I.A. makes all projects open source for all teams to use. The club currently shares all GitHub repositories for other participating teams and enthusiasts alike to aid in the conception of their own autonomous submarine.
Constant innovation
Continuous innovation is at the core of S.O.N.I.A.’s philosophy. Each generation of autonomous submarines builds upon previous designs, improving performance, reliability, and autonomy through constant iteration and refinement.
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LITE1
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Facts about us…
Since 1999
More than 25 years of experience.
26 RoboSub event
Our main goal is to participate in the annual RoboSub event.
11 prototypes
Since the creation of S.O.N.I.A. there have been 11 generations of autonomous submarines.
Multidisciplinary
Our club is made up of students from programs in mechanics, electrical, automated production and software engineering.
4 Competitions
Over the years, S.O.N.I.A. has participated in RoboSub, RoboBoat, The Québec AUV Challenge, and SAUC-E.
Complex tasks
S.O.N.I.A. has to perform several complex tasks such as identifying obstacles, picking up and dropping objects, following acoustic signals… All without human intervention!
200+
Contributors over the years.
Engineering University
S.O.N.I.A. is a scientific club from École de Technologie Supérieure in Montreal,QC.
161
Repositories on GitHub, all open-source.
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