Event
The annual underwater robotics competition is held each year at the Lehi Legacy Center in March. Participants prepare their robots all school year to compete in this competition. For more about the competition and its rules visit Competition Rules.
This year’s 2024 UUR competition will be held March 21st, 2024.
You can access previous years competition details, pictures and winners in our history section.
Mission overview
Deep sea pipelines transport oil, gas, and even internet cables across the world. Most of these pipes and cables are far too deep for divers to access. So any updates, repairs, and pipe replacements have to be made remotely with the use of ROVs.
You have been hired to update and replace a worn out section of a pipeline transporting natural gas off the coast of Norway. This is the Langeled Pipeline, also known as the “Britpipe,” and it moves natural gas 1,166 kilometers (725 miles) from Nyhamna, Norway to the Easington Gas Terminal in the United Kingdom! We need to use your ROV because not only is it 360 meters deep, it is also in the North Sea which can get very stormy and cold. Your mission is to design and build an ROV that can turn off the pipe, pull out the pins holding the pipe in place, remove the pipe (and try to recover it), and replace it with a new one. Good luck!