2018 MATE ROV Competition
JET city: Aircraft, earthquakes, and energy
The 2018 MATE competition highlights the role that ROVs play in supporting underwater archaeology, seismology, and renewable energy activities in the Pacific Northwest.
The 17th annual MATE international ROV competition will take place June 21-23, 2018 at Weyerhaeuser King County Aquatic Center in Federal Way, WA, USA. Regional contests will take across the U.S. and around the world.
2018 Competition Product Demonstration/Spec Briefing
SECRET (BONUS!) MISSION (for teams competing at the international)
For the full competition manuals for each competition class, please visit the links below.
Technical reports from previous MATE competitions
MATE Technical Bulletins:
The MATE Center is starting a series of technical bulletins designed to help teams engineer and construct safe, functional (and built to MATE specs!) ROVs. See below for links to these resources. If there is a particular topic your team would like to see, please contact us!
For the 2017 international competition results, click here
