CUAUV designs, builds, programs and tests two completely autonomous underwater vehicles every year to compete in AUVSI’s international RoboSub competition. In late July, we travel with our AUVs to San Diego, drop them in a recommissioned Navy testing pool, press the green button, and cheer them on as they navigate a complicated underwater obstacle course with no human intervention whatsoever: ramming buoys, dropping weighted darts on targets, firing torpedoes through differently colored rings, picking up PVC structures and more.