MATE ROV COMPETITION
[ 2025 RESOURCES ]
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2025 MATE ROV Competition Resources
This page is your one-stop shop for all the resources you'll need to prepare for the competition season, from mission tasks and scoring guides to safety tutorials and technical documentation. Whether you're competing in SCOUT, NAVIGATOR, RANGER, PIONEER, or EXPLORER class, everything you need to design, build, and compete with your ROV is right here.
2025 Mission Tasks & Specs
2025 Competition Manuals
2025 Product Demo and Specs Briefing
2025 Prop Demonstration and Q&A
- EXPLORER/PIONEER/RANGER
- NAVIGATOR/SCOUT
2025 Fly-Through Video
- EXPLORER [VIMEO] | [YOUTUBE]
- PIONEER [VIMEO] | [YOUTUBE]
- RANGER [VIMEO] | [YOUTUBE]
- NAVIGATOR [VIMEO] | [YOUTUBE]
- SCOUT [VIMEO] | [YOUTUBE]
2025 CAD Models
- EXPLORER/PIONEER/RANGER
- NAVIGATOR
- SCOUT
2025 Product Demonstration Resources
- Shipwreck Handbook
- Invasive Carp eDNA Handbook
- Dissolved CO2 Test Procedure
2025 Scoring Resources
2025 Company Spec Sheet
- All Classes
2025 Corporate Responsibility Score Sheet
- All Classes
2025 Product Demonstration
- EXPLORER
- PIONEER
- RANGER
- NAVIGATOR
- SCOUT
2025 Technical Documentation
2025 Marketing Display
- EXPLORER
- PIONEER
- RANGER
- NAVIGATOR
- SCOUT
2025 Engineering Presentation
- EXPLORER/PIONEER/RANGER/NAVIGATOR
- SCOUT
2025 Scoring Rubric for Engineering Presentations
- EXPLORER/PIONEER/RANGER/NAVIGATOR
- SCOUT
2025 Initial Safety Inspection Sheet
- EXPLORER
- PIONEER
- RANGER
- SCOUT/NAVIGATOR
2025 On-Site Safety Inspection Sheet
- EXPLORER
- PIONEER/RANGER
- NAVIGATOR
- SCOUT
2025 LASER Safety Inspection Sheet
- EXPLORER/PIONEER/RANGER/NAVIGATOR
(Not applicable for SCOUT class)
NRD (Non-ROV Device) Inspection Sheet
- EXPLORER/PIONEER/RANGER
- NAVIGATOR/SCOUT
2025 Safety Tutorial
- EXPLORER/PIONEER/RANGER
- NAVIGATOR/SCOUT
2025 Safety Briefing
- EXPLORER
- PIONEER
- RANGER
- NAVIGATOR
- SCOUT
2025 World Championship Resources
[ Save-the-Date: June 19-21, 2025 with team inspections June 17-19, 2025! ]
The MATE ROV Competition World Championship is making waves in 2025 at Thunder Bay Marine Sanctuary in Alpena, Michigan—where innovation meets the depths of adventure!
Thunder Bay National Marine Sanctuary protects a nationally significant collection of nearly 100 historic shipwrecks in Lake Huron off the Michigan coast. Through research, education, and community involvement, the sanctuary works to ensure generations can enjoy these underwater treasures.