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Press

Competition Papers

  • PropaGator 2015 RoboBoat Paper
  • PropaGator 2014 RoboBoat Paper
  • PropaGator 2013 RoboBoat Paper

 

Conference and Journal Publications

  • Azi-Drive: A Novel Thruster Mapper for Twin Propeller Maritime Vessels
  • PropaGator 2: A Planing Autonomous Surface Vehicle with Azimuth Rim-Driven Thrusters
  • Controlling an Overactuated Vehicle with Application to an Autonomous Surface Vehicle Utilizing Azimuth Thrusters
  • UAV Performing Autonomous Landing on USV Utilizing the Robot Operating System

 

Press Announcements

  • RoboBoats show off their moves in ONR competition, July 20, 2015
  • PropaGator Practices for Competition, June 27, 2015
  • Tribal youth close out 2014 with holiday atmosphere and emphasis on STEM, January 9, 2015
  • UF Engineers Display Intelligent Machines at Robot Demo Day, December 10, 2014
  • UF lab makes robots with common tech, October 27, 2014
  • Students help Navy build RoboBoats, July 31, 2014
  • Students’ robots to be demonstrated in New Engineering Building, April 22, 2014
  • Ro, ro, robot boat wins first place, July 17, 2013
  • Robotic boats have mind of their own on water, July 15, 2013

 


About Us

Winner of the 2013 RoboBoat competition, PropaGator is an autonomous surface vehicle designed and built by students at the Machine Intelligence Lab (MIL) at the University of Florida. This is the third year the University of Florida has participated in the Association for Unmanned Vehicles Systems International (AUVSI) Foundation’s surface vehicle competition. The PropaGator team is comprised of graduate and undergraduate students of the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, and the Department of Computer and Information Science and Engineering.

Formal weekly meetings are over for the summer. Interested students are welcome to stop by during normal working hours or whenever the door is open.

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