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Here you will find examples of ROVs from previous MATE Competitions. The 2015 archive also includes examples of sales presentations from the international competition. 

Technical Archives

2023

2023 Competition

St. Vrain Valley School District

Longmont, Colorado

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2022 Competition

Long Beach City College

Long Beach, California

2021

2021 Competition

East Tennessee State University

Johnson City, Tennessee

2019

2019 Competition

Kingsport Aquatic Center

Kingsport, Tennessee

2018

2018 Competition

Weyerhauser King County Aquatic Center

Federal Way, Washington

2017

2017 Competition

Long Beach City College

Long Beach, California

2016

2016 Competition

NASA's Neutral Buoyancy Lab at NASA Johnson Space Center

Houston, Texas

2015

2015 Competition

Memorial University & The Ocean, Coastal, and River Engineering Facility

St. John's, Newfoundland, Canada

2014

2014 Competition

Thunder Bay National Marine Sanctuary

Alpena, Michigan

2013

2013 Competition

Weyerhauser King County Aquatic Center

Federal Way, Washington

2012

2012 Competition

YMCA Aquatic & Family Center

Orlando, Florida

2011

2011 Competition

Neutral Buoyancy Laboratory atNASA Johnson Space Center

Houston, Texas

2010

2010 Competition

University of Hawai'i - Hilo

Big Island, Hawai'i

2009

2009 Competition

Massachusetts Maritime Academy

Buzzards Bay, Massachusetts

2008

2008 Competition

Scripps Institution of Oceanography - University of California

San Diego, California

2007

2007 Competition

Memorial University and the Institute for Ocean Technology

St. John's, Newfoundland, Canada

2006

2006 Competition

Neutral Buoyancy Laboratory at NASA Johnson Space Center

Houston, Texas

2005

2005 Competition

Neutral Buoyancy Laboratory at NASA Johnson Space Center

Houston, Texas

2004

2004 Competition

University of California - Santa Barbara

Santa Barbara, California

2003-2

2003 Competition

Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)

Cambridge, Massachusetts

2002

2002 Competition

NASA Kennedy Space Center

Cape Canaveral, Florida

Note:

Take care when reviewing these technical reports. Reports are reviewed after submission for potential safety violations.  While teams do have to address these violations before they can compete at the international event, they do not have to resubmit their reports. The reports posted here may contain safety violations.

If you are considering using a particular technique on your own vehicle and want to confirm that it does not violate MATE safety standards, contact the MATE ROV Competition Technical Manager.

SCOUT Class Technical Report Samples: HMS SeaBots and Northstar Marine Tech, Inc.
NAVIGATOR Class Technical Report Samples: Aqua Echo and LA ROV.