Third!!!

The final results of the 2012 MATE International ROV Competition are in, and Tachyon robotics placed third overall!!!  Additionally, Tachyon Robotics won the "Best Technical Report" award for the Ranger class, with 79.8 points out of a possible 80.  More detailed scores will be posted tomorrow.  Thank you to all of our sponsors and supporters!!!!

Competition time!

The International Competition is finally here, and Tachyon MK. III will be competing in the water at 11 this morning and 3:30 this afternoon at the YMCA Aquatic Center on International Drive here in Orlando.  If you can't make it out to the competition itself, you can still watch the MATE Center's live stream of the events at  http://materover.org/rov_competition_files/competition_viewer.php.

Busy times

With just two weeks to go until the competition, we're practicing as much as possible--not just the mission tasks, but also the engineering evaluation.  Below is a picture taken during practice earlier this week, with Tachyon Mk. III vertically breaching the water.

Tech report time....

For the last few weeks, we've been kept busy working on some of the non-technical parts of the competition, working on our tech report (worth 80 points out of the 500 available at internationals) and the poster (worth another 40).  We should be back in the water and working on Tachyon Mk. III this weekend, after keeping the ROV out of the water for most of the last month.

Pictures from Practice

Here's some pictures we've taken over the past few weeks showing Tachyon III in action (although these pictures are from practice, not the actual competition).  

Look at that pitch!!!

Run 2 highlights

Here's the best of our second run on Saturday (final score was 250/300).

Success!

The Florida Regional competition was held today at the YMCA Aquatic & Family Center, and Tachyon III placed first, with a best mission score of 250!  Pictures and video will be uploaded soon.  
We'll be moving on to internationals, which will be held in the same location in two months' time.  
Congratulations to the entire team, and thank you to all our sponsors!