Eleventh ANNUAL
NORTHERN NEW ENGLAND REGIONAL SEAPERCH CHALLENGE
SPONSORED BY: NNE SECTION OF AMERICAN SOCIETY OF NAVAL
ENGINEERS
LOCATION: Bath-Brunswick, Maine
(Pool site to be determined)
Saturday, April 9, 2022
Program: The Seaperch
Challenge welcomes individual students, as well as student groups of middle
school and high school age to participate in designing, building, and
demonstrating the capabilities of remote-control underwater robots. The basis for the underwater robots comes
from a kit designed by MIT and the Office of Naval Research and
is constructed using basic tools following a set of plans provided with the
kits. We encourage the student to modify
the base design to improve performance in the different challenges presented.
This year’s competition will be similar to the
2022 International Seaperch Challenge rules and will include:
1. 1. An
obstacle course for 10% of the score.
2. 2. The International
challenge “Mission course” accounting for 60% of the total score.
3. 3. Depending on the
number of teams an additional underwater challenge may be added, unique to the
NNE Challenge, offering students a variety of ways to earn points in the
competition and maximize the time to demonstrate their piloting skills and
their ROV capabilities. This challenge will account for 10% of the score.
4. 4. Technical
Design Report competition which will account for about 20% of the score.
5. 5. Team Video as
defined by the International Seaperch Challenge for bonus points may be
submitted.
6. 6. The winner of
the local competition will have the opportunity to compete at the 2022
International Seaperch Challenge
7. 7. Go to 2022: 2022
SeaPerch Season - SeaPerch for more information. NNE
rules and Challenge Details will be provided at a later date and is dependent
on the number of teams and venue for the event.
Proposed
Time Table
10 to 10:30am Set-up time
10:45-11:15am
Event rules practice time.
11:00-4:00pm Pool Competition
Team scoring immediately
after the Pool competition.
4:15pm Award presentations
4:45pm
Clean up and event complete
Depending on the
number of teams, and COVID-19 restrictions,
competition times may be adjusted To pre-register, please provide the following: (Please register by March 15)
a. Name of
the interest group or school, address, and website
b. Your
school/group Point of Contact’s name, address, phone number, email
c. The number of teams you expect to be
sending
d. There will be a $10.00 fee per Team
Member due during the competition. (covers costs of drinks and
snacks)
For
More Information, contact: