The WSU/OC RobotX Project

A proposed partnership between Engineering Clubs of Olympic College and Washington State University at the Bremerton campus to participate in the RobotX Competition.

What is the RobotX Competition?

RobotX is an international program where innovators can grow their potential and make substantial contributions to the robotics community. Through three distinct platforms:

Challenge: The Maritime RobotX Challenge is an international, university-level competition designed to broaden students’ exposure to autonomy and robotic technologies in the maritime environment.
Interactive: Launched in 2017, RobotX Interactive Forum (previously known as the RobotX Forum) is a biennial gathering of students, researchers, senior officials and industry leaders engaged in the development and use of autonomous maritime systems.
Virtual: The Virtual RobotX (VRX) competition challenges student teams to develop innovative solutions in a simulated environment. These solutions can be integrated onto a WAM-V RobotX platform.

Competition History

Advancements in autonomous vehicle technology across all domains - air, land, and water - are moving fast in public and private sectors, including academia through research and competitions. In support of these advancements, the Maritime RobotX Challenge was created. In 2012, the Office of Naval Research (ONR) launched the first biennial Maritime RobotX Challenge.

RobotX is RoboNation’s most complex robotic competition to-date. Through this competition, they aspire to engage regional partners around the Pacific Rim while creating a new, high-level competition focused on autonomous surface vehicle platforms and sensors. There have been three RobotX Challenges was held: 2014: Singapore, 2016 Honolulu, Hawaii and December 2018: Honolulu, Hawaii.