News
2024
May:
5/25/2024: We had our first meeting of the summer
Spring Recap:
This spring we elected our new leadership and have been working on the electronics and coding aspects of Tardigrade. Most of the team members joined more recently, so this spring included teaching and learning of the basics. This included learning CAD on Fusion 360 as well as soldering. We also connected with WPI's RoboSub team.
2023
Summer Recap:
We have held summer meetings and are eager to move forward towards the school year. With this, we are beginning to fundraise for our competition and continue working on our AUV. We look forward to welcoming new members to our team in the fall and hope for a successful year!
Spring Recap:
Our team fostered 3 successful grants, provided by URI^2. While these grants moved forward, our team also built our AUV, minus the electronics- which will be our focus for the coming year, as we gear up for ROBOSUB in summer 2024.
2022
Fall Recap:
The team started to rebuild, focusing on grants and designing of our AUV for the ROBOSUB competition. Our co-captain Bill taught Solidworks classes to some of the team, building skills for the future. Students also learned mechanical skills like operation of machines and tools in the lab, as well as soft skills like grant writing.
September:
9/27/2022: We hosted our second meeting to review our plans for the future
9/20/2022: We hosted a casual get together in our typical room, talked about classes and
9/13/2022: We hosted our first meeting to meet all the new students in FCAE Room 025C
9/7/2022: URI Hydrobotics hosts a booth at URI COE Engineering Kick-off to welcome a new year of URI engineers.
9/4/2022: URI Hydrobotics hosts a booth at Rhody-Fest to recruit a new generation of ocean robotics enthusiasts.
May:
5/18/22: URI Hydrobotics ASV crew runs it first test at Indian Lake, Wakefield, RI. The test was successful, with a working tele-operated mode.
2021
December:
12/21/2021: The URI Hydrobotics Team is awarded three undergraduate research grants ($4,200) to support three of our four projects this academic year.
November:
11/3/2021: The URI Hydrobotics Team presents three of our four projects this academic year. See the news article here!
September:
9/9/2021: We are having our first meeting in FCAE 025C to get to know everyone and discuss some of the plans for this first semester.
9/7/2021: Catch us at URI's Engineering Kick-Off in the FCAE building! First Night and the Engineering Kick-Off was a huge success - had 1 on 1 discussions with over 100 students, 85 are interested in coming to future meetings.
9/5/2021: Catch us at URI's First Night by the Memorial Union!
The URI Hydrobotics Team Presents at the Undergraduate Research Showcase.
