Last week, teams of students from 13 schools—representing six countries—tested their engineering skills by developing autonomous boats during the 11th annual International RoboBoat Competition, held ...

SARASOTA, Fla. (WWSB) - RoboNation is hosting the 2026 RoboBoat Competition from Feb. 19–24 at Nathan Benderson Park, drawing 37 teams from 10 countries and 11 U.S. states and territories. The ...

You’ve heard of self-driving cars and drones, but autonomous boats? This fast-developing industry has its eyes set on coastal surveillance, port security and other types of maritime operations.

PENSACOLA, Fla. (WKRG) — A group of students at the University of West Florida worked with the Naval Surface Warfare Center Panama City Division to build a RoboBoat. The four electrical and computer ...

SOUTH DAYTONA — Sean Cannon stood at the water's edge, a controller in hand and his concentration fixed on the RoboBoat in the water. "I built most of the boat's electrical systems," Cannon said.

ARLINGTON, Texas — At last month’s Roboboat competition in Sarasota, Florida, engineering students battled for nautical supremacy. The field included 17 of the most prestigious college engineering ...

Three students from the University of Colorado Boulder found themselves far from home earlier this summer as they watched their 5-foot-long fully autonomous boat navigate through the water on its own ...

The eighth annual RoboBoat Competition took place in Virginia Beach, Virginia with 16 teams from the US, Indonesia, Taiwan and South Korea on 7-12 July 2015. The Office of Naval Research ...