Keywords: 14th Annual International RoboSub Competition 110713-N-UN340-007.jpg en Space and Naval Warfare Systems Center Pacific Diver John Pryor assists University of Florida student Patrick Walters with in-water checks to the university ™s Subjugator Autonomous Underwater Vehicle during the 14th Annual International RoboSub Competition held at SSC Pacific The contest co-sponsored by U S Office of Naval Research and the Association for Unmanned Vehicle Systems International attracted more than 200 students from 30 schools and seven countries worldwide to pit their self-guided robotic submarines against each other in a race for the title Best RoboSub AUVSI is the world's largest non-profit organization devoted exclusively to advancing the unmanned systems community and the development of Autonomous Underwater Vehicles AUVs which are important to the Navy because they perform a variety of missions including underwater mapping mine location and facilitating detailed scientific research As the Navy's Information Dominance Systems Command SPAWAR supports AUV development and strongly encourages all students to explore careers in science technology engineering and mathematics fields 2011-07-13 Rick Naystatt https //www dvidshub net/image/427297 110713-N-UN340-007 2011-07-13 17 28 SAN DIEGO CA US PD-USGov-Military-Navy Autonomous underwater vehicles Office of Naval Research Images from DoD uploaded by Fæ |