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RobotX is officially in 100 days!

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Ever wonder what the team is doing over the summer?

Check out our recent post! https://www.linkedin.com/posts/summer-loading-ugcPost-7486241262644187136-3nCU/?utm_source=social_share_send&utm_medium=android_app&rcm=ACoAAEuQLd8Bkjr7RLK8_AN2oMlXq8cWraP9Lpo&utm_campaign=copy_link

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Time for a good night of sleep... we may be down, but we are not out! WE SHALL RETURN STRONGER, SMARTER, and BETTER LOOKING!!!!!

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I don’t know if its fixed… But it sure is different!

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I don’t know if its fixed… But it sure is different!

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Unfortunately the mold gave a lot of trouble when being removed, the spray foam adhered to it very well putting us back at square one.

the current plan is to line the inside of the mold with plastic wrap so the spray foam will adhere to that as it cures, and thus the actual mold can be removed easily.

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everyone can relate to leaving a can of pop in the freezer *slightly* too long.

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everyone can relate to leaving a can of pop in the freezer *slightly* too long.

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After allowing the expanding foam to well... EXPAND, the hull should be cured and ready for de-molding.

Wish us luck as unfortunately, Caleb in his infinite wisdom forgot to add mold release before filling the mold, and no Caleb, You cannot just add it afterwards...

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Foreshadowing is a narrative device where the author "hints" at events that will take place later in the story.

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Mech team's first attempt at molding the new hull shape, Hopefully its the last!

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Mech team's first attempt at molding the new hull shape, Hopefully its the last!

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The running total for cans of spray foam used is now four, we have filled the gap between the mold and the remains of the original hull, thus using the power of 3D printing to correct our inaccuracies, to match the CAD.

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Since the boat was cut down by hand it is uneven and imperfect, so a mold has been made that we can put spray foam inside, hopefully this will fill in all the gaps and once it cures the mold can be removed.

then its time to fiberglass!

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Draven poses after reminding Caleb that he can take pictures too!

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when the day's work is done, one cannot help but to pose for the camera.

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when the day's work is done, one cannot help but to pose for the camera.

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After many long afternoons of being covered in foam dust, cutting the hull of the ASV Superior is complete!

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The Main body is well on its way of being fully carved!, got halfway through smoothing out our cuts today, the rest will be saved for another day it seems

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Cutting out a hole only to fill it up again later, true progress

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Cutting out a hole only to fill it up again later, true progress

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The mech team realized (thankfully before it was too late this time) that with the thruster mounts removed, if we carried out the removal of foam as planned, there would be nothing left to hold the keel section on. we decided to fill the main hollow of the ASV with spray foam to keep the keel attached.

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Mech. Team has carved out the aft section!, but before we move onto the main body we need to fill it in fully with foam, carving it right now will cut off the entire underbelly.

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Caleb is showing off the main thrusters like a prized fish.

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The mech team has liberated all four thrusters from their 3D printed prison.

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The mech team has liberated all four thrusters from their 3D printed prison.

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After much difficulty, both transverse thrusters were freed, the main thrusters turned out to be a much easier process to remove.

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Cutting the foam has begun! the best method was electric Dremel, but there is quite a mess to consider...

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So this is what is it has come to… the mech. Team has had ENOUGH!

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So this is what is it has come to… the mech. Team has had ENOUGH!

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The front thruster Insert is proving to be harder to remove then predicted but with built up frustration we are getting the energy to keep going!

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Surgery with the precision of a toddler using a permanent marker

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Surgery with the precision of a toddler using a permanent marker

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Mech. Team has gotten the aft thruster insert removed through lots of sawing and prying, now we just need to do the same to the bow insert

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The mech team is trying to find the best way to re-shape the hull, perhaps 2016 era Youtube can help?

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The mech team is trying to find the best way to re-shape the hull, perhaps 2016 era Youtube can help?

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After removing a small section of the fiberglass shell, the mech team tests out various methods to re shape the foam hull by hand.

Unfortunately, 1,000 degree knife has some drawbacks

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This School Year, Team AMORE officially became a student section of the Marine Technology Society! Members of the club are now eligible to be MTS Student members, apply for scholarships, and partake in other MTS opportunities! The club is excited to become more involved with MTS this coming year!

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Splash and Play was a success! A HUGE thank you to student life AND everyone who showed up to hang out, build Legos, do diamond art, eat food, and learn about Team AMORE!

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They did surgery on a boat!?

Mechanical team has begun carving up the ASV Superior in order to form a new and improved hull shape. Caleb here (with proper PPE, of course) is cutting away at the old shell to begin the process.

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Join us for a fiesta funds night!

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A huge thank you goes out to the Sault Ste. Marie Tribe of Chippewa Indians for their recent contribution to LSSU engineering and our team! We are so very grateful!

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RoboBoat Team Photos just dropped! Thanks Robonation!

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AMORE is back on campus and we've got A LOT of unpacking to do......and sleep to catch up on. We've traded the sand for now and team village for classrooms.

Lake State, signing off (for now) 💙💛⚓

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RoboBoat 2026 Team Engagement Award Winner! 🎉

For the second year in a row, Team AMORE has won the Team Engagement for our social media, community building, and energy! We are grateful for all the lessons we have learned, connections made, and fun had. We have many ideas leaving this competition and cannot wait to execute them and share with you all.

For now, AMORE is riding the RoboBoat high all the way to Michigan.

Thank You teams and RoboNation. It has been fun representing LSSU School of Engineering and Technology and Lake Superior State University on an international level.

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RoboBoat Day 5 🚤🌊🤖

Water Time ✅

Cooking ✅

Connecting with Other Teams ✅

Sharing our work with spectators ✅

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We wish the best of luck to our alumni at FAU as they attempt to qualify to finals!

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Check out our new quarter zips from Soo Apparel!

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RoboBoat Day 3 & 4 🚤🌊🤖

Lots of Troubleshooting ✅

Water Time ✅

Connecting with Other Teams ✅

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RoboBoat Day 2 🚤🌊🤖

Team Photos ✅

Group Photo ✅

Design & Strategy Presentation ✅

Technical System Assessment ✅

Passed Safety ✅

First Water Slot ✅

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RoboBoat Day 1 🚤🌊🤖

Check-in ✅

Team Orientation ✅

Social Networking ✅

Kayak Training ✅

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RoboBoat Day 0 🚤🌊🤖

Travel Day

Tennessee ✅

Georgia ✅

Florida ✅

631 miles ✅

Unpacked ✅

Dinner ✅

Testing.......

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RoboBoat Day -1 🚤🌊🤖

Travel Day

Packed up the Vans ✅

Mackinac Bridge ✅

Michigan ✅

Ohio✅

Kentucky ✅

Buc-ee's ✅

941 miles ✅

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Lake State Takes on Buc-ee's

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Sanding, low spot filling, sanding, painting and hopefully no more sanding to go, it's coming together!!

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The layers of the ASV Superior are being Glued Together

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We're assembling our new toy - a brand new BlueRobotics BlueROV2! Frame is put together, the electronics wired, and successfully vacuum tested - just needs the motors and floats!

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It's getting there! The ASV Superior is almost done - the team has pulled out all the stops to get it together. Special thank you to Rudyard High School for their tools and workshop!

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Team AMORE has gained quite a few members since the last RoboBoat event but we're all hands on deck just the same! With the unveiling of a brand new vessel, the ASV Superior, team AMORE is making strides into the competition this season!

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Rudyard Cutting Timelapse (Flashing Image Warning)

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Rudyard Cutting Timelapse (Flashing Image Warning)

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A timelapse of our time at Rudyard Area Highschool using a CNC Cutter to create new parts out of foam sheets for our design.

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A whole day of cutting out parts of out hull with only a few mishaps, overall a great success for team AMORE!

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The video is now live, take a peek!

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LSSU Team AMORE 2026 RoboBoat Team Video

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The team has been working closely with the Senior Project team NEMO, and we will get to utilize their custom-designed PCB in the ASV Superior!

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I sneak peek at a cool concept for the new paint job on the ASV Superior!

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The Media team is finalizing the website before it is time to submit before the RoboBoat documentation deadlines!

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This is your sign, join the team!

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We are WINNING CAD right now!

-A random Mechinical Team Member

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A sneak peak at our new merch coming soon

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Our newly acquired WAM-V platform has now been cleaned off and disassembled for winter storage. It's been a productive year for Team AMORE, and we're looking forward to this new opportunity in the new year!

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During this season, Support Team AMORE through the LSSU Giving Portal as all donations will be match dollar for dollar through December 9th!

Simply follow the below link, and include "RobotX Team AMORE - LSSU Robotics" in the designation.

https://advancement.lssu.edu/givingtuesday-2025/

We appreciate your support!

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On this Giving Tuesday, consider supporting Team AMORE in our current and future endeavors. We are proud to represent Lake Superior State University on international stages as we pave the way in marine technology and research. Our team provides an opportunity for students to apply what they learn in the classroom to real projects that make a difference! Many alumni say AMORE has changed their lives because of the opportunities they have been able to take advantage of.

To support our efforts, consider donating via

*The LSSU Foundation and designating a gift to Team AMORE/RobotX club

https://sites.google.com/lssu.edu/lssurobotx/donate

*GoFundMe

https://www.gofundme.com/.../help-team-amore-go-to...

*Contacting the team directly on social media or via email at robotx@lssu.edu or amore@lssu.edu

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We are excited to share our fresh sponsorship packet. Learn about all we do and help us in our endeavors.

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after much difficulty the ships been hollowed out in order to be CNC Cut, seen here is the internal volume of the ship

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Finished V1 on Transverse Thruster Mounts!

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Finished V1 on Transverse Thruster Mounts!

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first iteration of our transverse thruster mounts are underway!

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Now we just need to learn how to write!

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Just got in a whole bunch of foam that will quickly become the brand-spanking-new ASV! Caleb here is seen resting after the long, arduous haul from the nearest Menard's.

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RC is set up.

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Final basic design for our new vessel to compete in RoboBoat and the Njord Challenge; very excited to finally fabricate it!

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Finished wiring diagrams and sourcing components for the new ASV!

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We have something big in the works....a brand new sponsorship packet! We cannot wait to share it with the world!

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Team AMORE attended the 2025 Njord Challenge in Trondheim, Norway. The Njord Challenge is one of the largest student autonomous ship challenges. The team represented LSSU and the United States. The team traditionally uses a children's kayak as their hull, but were unable to bring one or secure one in Trondheim.

A new partnership was formed! Team AMORE joined forces with Team Node from the Institute for Advanced Architecture of Catalonia in Spain. They provided the hull and safety systems and AMORE provided the software and vision systems.

After all the challenges, we persevered! Out of the eleven teams, AMORE was one of two who received a perfect score on their technical presentation. We also received the team spirit award!

More Pictures and Video to Come!

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Company Day at Njord Challenge

The team got the chance to continue networking with other teams, hear from the sponsors of the competition, learn about a student design team, and have meaningful conversations with companies!

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We had a blast seeing everyone at Lakerpalooza and we hope to see everyone at lab hours and meetings!

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It is 2am here in Norway and the Work never stops #dedication

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Bouy Oh Bouy....sea what we did there?

Ok enough with these ship-wrecked puns. The hardware integration between AMORE and NODE is complete! Node's hull, propulsion system, and safety system  have been combined with with AMORE's low level controller, perception mast, and processor to create one vessel!

We have had success with remote control operation and are finalizing our autonomy. We have made it onto the competition course and are putting our best foot, I mean propellor forward!

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The team took a brain break and road a train to see a little more of the surrounding area!

Another big thank you to our GoFundMe donors! Their generosity allowed us to buy bus passes that included the train passes!

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We have a big update!

Last night we finished the hardware integration between AMORE and NODE! We were finally able to see the ASV on the water and try our the Remote Control capabilities.

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Smiles because it's the first day of the competition and we have snacks thanks to the support of our GoFundMe Donors!

https://www.gofundme.com/f/help-team-amore-go-to-trondheim-norway?fbclid=PAQ0xDSwMGZVNleHRuA2FlbQIxMQABp248EsHiMj9cTFjFSuCmHPb0s9nXH2RpbYxSgcFRJkcOQIV8F1utozbGXGAN_aem_3orgJB-0BBIt2x1yB-KeyA

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Pizza in the warehouse tonight is tanks to our generous GoFundMe Donors!

https://gofund.me/13c5b1b4

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On Thursday, we did a combined presentation with Team Node. We shared our individual systems and then shared how we are integrating them together. It was a great learning experience getting to hear about all the other teams systems!

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Introducing Team "Anode" or "Nomore"....We are still workshopping it. 

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Introducing Team "Anode" or "Nomore"....We are still workshopping it. 

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Team AMORE is excited to announce our newly formed partnership with Team Node!

After arrival in Trondheim, AMORE was unable to find a youth kayak that is normally used for their hull. Team Node had a hull, but was lacking certain software aspects. It worked out what each team lacked, the other could provide! This partnership was formed in less then 24 hours and spans 6,610 kilometers. We quickly got to work on devising a plan to integrate our systems and are now hard at work!

We are very thankful for our new friends, Team Node, from the Institute for Advanced Architecture of Catalonia (IAAC)!

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Tonight we took some time to meet up with Team Node for some great conversation!

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Thank You to all who supported us by donating to our GoFundMe! You generous support allowed us to purchase bus passes for the two weeks that we are in Trondheim!

It is not to late to support our journey in Trondheim, Norway! You can still donate to our GoFundMe that is linked below:

https://www.gofundme.com/f/help-team-amore-go-to-trondheim-norway

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Journey to Njord 2025 Recap

Team Amore started the day very early in Sault Ste Marie, picked up the team along the way, and journeyed to Chicago. After an extremely long flight to Amsterdam, the team went through Schengen Immigration. We were then greeted by a flight delay in Oslo...which caused the airline to rebook them to a new flight for their connection to Trondheim. We eventually made it to Trondheim, and too the express bus further into the city. We then walked almost 2 kilometers with 9 suitcases filled with our personal belongings and equipment. We are all settled in, trying our best to beat jetlag, trying new foods, and exploring the area!

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The team has made it to Trondhiem!

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The team has made it to the Amsterdam Airport! Only 2 more flights until Trodenhiem 🇳🇴

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We are proud to announce that we have an article published in the Journal Of Ocean Technology's Summer Issue on Ocean Monitoring! Check out the entire issue here:

https://www.thejot.net/archive-issues/?id=91#_

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We have exciting news! We have been invited to attend the 2025 Njord Challenge in Trondheim, Norway! Njord known as the student championship for autonomous ships and we are so excited to represent Lake Superior State University and showcase our work!

To get there, we need your help! Please share our GoFundMe and consider donating today:
www.gofundme.com/f/help-team-amore-go-to-trondheim-norway

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After months of hard work, Team AMORE competed at the International RoboBoat Competition in Sarasota, Florida! We successfully passed safety checks and qualified for all five tasks:
✅ Follow the Path
✅ Navigation Channel
✅ Object Delivery
✅ Docking
✅ Speed Challenge

We earned a Third Chance Wildcard Finals qualification spot and won the Team Engagement Award for best social media and community building! 🎉

While we didn’t make it to the finals, this was an amazing learning experience, and we gained valuable knowledge that will help us improve for the future. We’re already making plans for the rest of the semester and beyond!
This competition was full of challenges, but our team’s dedication, creativity, and perseverance helped us push through.

Huge thanks to our sponsors, mentors, and supporters who made this possible!

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Today was a very productive morning! Within 45 minutes of being on the water, we qualified for three additional tasks! This means we have now qualified for all of the tasks!

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Today was a good day! We got the kayak in the water, gave our presentation, had an assessment, and tested the senior project BlueBoat.

We also cheered on LSSU Men's Basketball as they beat Wisconsin Parkside! Let's go Lakers! 💙💛💙💛

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RoboBoat Day 2

Today we passed safety! We also got our systems organized, made sure our cart sinks, and got the boat out in the pool!

We're so ready for our presentation tomorrow!

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Today we ventured to Nathan Benderson Park for RoboBoat 2025! We checked in, attended opening ceremonies, had team orientation, moved in, and got to work. We also had some awesome ice cream, thanks @robonation !

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The team is all in Sarasota and ready to compete at RoboBoat later today!

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Who needs the pool when you have the ocean?

The team has brought not one, but TWO autonomous vessels from Sault Ste. Marie to Sarasota. We have our autonomous kayak for the RoboBoat Competition and the BlueBoat that senior project team BAM is working on to do bathymetric mapping. This morning, senior project team member Chris is hitting the waves with the BlueBoat to get data for their project.

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Presentation Work!