The mission takes place at the TRANSDEC
Facility in San Diego California. The dimensional
constraint for any AUV competing are as follows.
The AUV must not exceed the 3’ x 3’ x 6’ and can
weigh no more than 110 lbs. It must at all times be
0.5% positive buoyant. The AUV is to be designed
to accomplish the following objectives (an asterisk
marks our goals for this year’s competition):

 · Launch from dock;*

 · Pass through the qualification gate
   maintaining a fixed heading;*

 · Track an orange pipeline;*

 · Locate and strike a moored red buoy;

 · Locate four black target bins with white
   border, identify a red card suit symbol, and
   drop two markers from sub into respective
   bins;

 · Navigate through a black PVC air duct with
   yellow strips inside and outside without
   hitting any of the sides;

 · Track and locate an acoustic pinger;*

 · Acquire an orange PVC “Safe” directly
   above the pinger; and,

 · Surface within an octagon floating directly
   above the pinger.