Underwater Robots

Excite Students with Marine Technology

Are you interested in learning about Remotely Operated Vehicle (ROV) technology and its application in ocean and Great Lakes studies? Want to learn how to build a ROV with students? Interested in putting together a student team to participate in a Great Lakes regional ROV competition? If so, please contact the sanctuary’s education program cathy.green@noaa.gov or go to the Marine Advanced Technology Education Center’s web page www.marinetech.org for more information about how to excite students with marine technology.

April 25th, 2009 Great Lakes ROV Building Competition - click here

April 19th, 2008 - Third Annual Great Lakes Regional MATE Underwater Robot (ROV) Building Competition.

Thunder Bay Nationa Marine Sanctuary and the MATE center are excited to announce team scores in the third annual Great Lakes Regional That was held in Alpena MI on April 19th 2008.

(click here for a pdf score sheet)

(click here for the photo gallery)

(click here to see winning team's utube video)

Learn more about ROVs and MATE at: marinetech.org

2007 Great Lakes Regional of the MATE ROV Building Competition

Read about student teams who participated in the Great Lakes Regional for the MATE ROV Competition in April 2007. 11 Teams from around the state of Michigan competed for a chance to go to the International ROV Building Competition sponsored by the Marine Advanced Technology Education Center.  This year’s competition is held in St. John’s Newfoundland.)