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+ Autonomous Underwater Robotics Team, Building intelligent machines for international + competition.
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- Runner-Up
- TAC Autonomy Challenge
- Secured second place in the TAC Autonomy Challenge with an advanced autonomous underwater navigation system.
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+ Years Active
+ Building since 2019
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2026
- Top 4
- SAUVC Singapore
- Ranked among the Top 4 teams at the Singapore Autonomous Underwater Vehicle Challenge and received the Most Innovative AUV Design award for our underwater robotics platform.
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+ Team Members
+ Across all disciplines
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- Top 25
- SAUVC Singapore
- Selected to represent India and VIT Chennai at the Singapore Autonomous Underwater Vehicle Challenge, competing with top global AUV teams.
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+ Competitions
+ National + International
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- Winners
- Robofest
- Won National Competition held in Gujrat and won 2.5 Lakhs
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+ Full system iterations
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Who We Are
- ABOUT
THE TEAM
- THE TEAM
Dreadnought Robotics is a student-led autonomous systems team at VIT Chennai focused on building AUVs for international competitions.
-Our interdisciplinary crew brings together robotics, AI, computer vision, embedded systems, and mechanical design.
-From concept to competition pool, every AUV represents hundreds of hours of design, simulation, testing, and iteration.
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+ 2024
+ Runner-Up
+ TAC Autonomy Challenge
+ Secured second place in the TAC Autonomy Challenge with an advanced autonomous
+ underwater navigation system.
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+ 2026
+ Top 4
+ SAUVC Singapore
+ Ranked among the Top 4 teams at the Singapore Autonomous Underwater Vehicle
+ Challenge and received the Most Innovative AUV Design award for our underwater robotics platform.
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+ 2025
+ Top 25
+ SAUVC Singapore
+ Selected to represent India and VIT Chennai at the Singapore Autonomous
+ Underwater Vehicle Challenge, competing with top global AUV teams.
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+ 2026
+ Winners
+ Robofest
+ Won National Competition held in Gujrat and won 2.5 Lakhs
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+ Project MIRA —TAC Challenge 2024
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+
Who We Are
+ ABOUT
THE TEAM
+ THE TEAM
Dreadnought Robotics is a student-led autonomous systems team at VIT Chennai + focused on building AUVs for international competitions.
+Our interdisciplinary crew brings together robotics, AI, computer vision, embedded + systems, and mechanical design.
+From concept to competition pool, every AUV represents hundreds of hours of design, + simulation, testing, and iteration.
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- Competition-grade Autonomous Underwater Vehicle designed for SAUVC and TAC, featuring 6-DOF motion control, stereo vision perception, and integrated IMU-based navigation for autonomous task execution.
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+ Project MIRA 2.0
+ Competition-grade Autonomous Underwater Vehicle designed for SAUVC and TAC,
+ featuring 6-DOF motion control, stereo vision perception, and integrated IMU-based navigation for
+ autonomous task execution.
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+ View Project →
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- Our first-generation competition Autonomous Underwater Vehicle developed for underwater robotics challenges.
- MIRA features 6-DOF motion control, vision-based perception, and an onboard autonomy stack for executing mission tasks.
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+ Our first-generation competition Autonomous Underwater Vehicle developed for underwater robotics
+ challenges.
+ MIRA features 6-DOF motion control, vision-based perception, and an onboard autonomy stack for executing
+ mission tasks.
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- 📍 Singapore · International
- Asia's most prestigious AUV competition. Zero human intervention during autonomous mission runs.
- TOP 25 — 2025
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- Norway · International
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Singapore AUV Challenge
+ 📍 Singapore · International
+ Asia's most prestigious AUV competition. Zero human intervention during
+ autonomous mission runs.
+ TOP 25 — 2025
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TAC Autonomy Challenge
- 📍 Norway · International
- Norway's premier autonomous systems challenge. Teams from top engineering institutes.
- Runner-Up — 2024
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+ TAC Challenge
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+ Norway · International
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TAC Autonomy Challenge
+ 📍 Norway · International
+ Norway's premier autonomous systems challenge. Teams from top engineering
+ institutes.
+ Runner-Up — 2024
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- 7-DOF underwater manipulator with compliant force feedback. Custom servo controllers integrated with MIRA for competition manipulation challenges.
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- Real-time underwater detection and segmentation. Custom YOLOv8 models trained for gates, buoys, and markers in variable visibility conditions.
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- Sensor fusion combining DVL velocity, IMU orientation, pressure depth. Extended Kalman Filter with <5cm position accuracy.
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- Custom power distribution and control board. LiPo BMS, thruster ESC control, kill switch, leak detection, and full sensor data logging.
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- High-fidelity Gazebo environment for MIRA testing. Hydrodynamic modeling, underwater rendering, and full sensor simulation for pre-pool validation.
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+ Vectored 8-thruster 6-DOF control and 60m depth-rated AUV built for subsea
+ exploration, which includes docking, inspection, and intervention tasks.
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+ Project MIRA 2.0
+ 8 thruster 6-DOF control, custom waterproof electronics, stereo vision,IMU
+ navigation. Built for SAUVC tasks including gate navigation and ball dropping tasks.
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+ 03
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+ Project MIRA
+ Real-time underwater detection and segmentation. Custom YOLOv8 models trained for
+ gates, buoys, and markers in variable visibility conditions.
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+ 4-thruster ROV architecture, dual-camera perception, and tethered underwater
+ operations built for exploration, inspection, and pipeline tracking.
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+ Calypso SKL
+ Custom power distribution and control board. LiPo BMS, thruster ESC control, kill
+ switch, leak detection, and full sensor data logging.
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+ GitHub →
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+ Simulation
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+ Gazebo Simulation
+ High-fidelity Gazebo environment for MIRA testing. Hydrodynamic modeling,
+ underwater rendering, and full sensor simulation for pre-pool validation.
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