Unmanned Surface Vehicle (Basic Level)
A competition category aimed at enabling middle school students to design task-based robots capable of operating on water surfaces and producing solutions to environmental and technological challenges.
🎯 Objective of the Competition
The Surface Robot Competition aims to increase students’ interest in technology, enhance their innovative thinking skills, and encourage them to design robots capable of performing tasks on water surfaces. Students are expected to plan research and development processes, analyze problems, generate solutions, and develop technology-based approaches to real-world environmental issues.
🌍 Competition Theme
The theme of the competition focuses on the protection of seas and water resources, combating environmental pollution, and developing sustainable surface technologies. Students are expected to design robots capable of scenarios such as collecting waste from seas, delivering aid materials, and performing surface tasks using unmanned systems.
⚙️ Technical Specifications and Restrictions
🏊 Competition Area and Tasks
- The competition is held in a square pool with a depth of 45 cm
- Start and finish zones are marked with buoys
- Robots are guided on the water surface to complete tasks
- Each task is scored independently
🏆 Competition Format and Evaluation Criteria
- ✔ Preliminary evaluation is conducted using the Robot Production/Design Report
- ✔ Total competition time is 8 minutes
- ✔ Tasks are evaluated using a score + penalty system
- ✔ In case of a tie, completion time and robot weight are taken into account