MATE ROV Competition

The MATE ROV Competition asks student teams to engineer remotely operated underwater vehicles for workplace-modeled missions. Students design and build the ROV, test it on underwater tasks, maintain an engineering notebook or technical report, create a marketing display, and explain design rationale, safety, systems, budgeting, and lessons learned to industry judges. Five levels—EXPLORER, PIONEER, RANGER, NAVIGATOR, and SCOUT—serve learners from K–12 through university. The global program currently has 48 regional events feeding an early-summer World Championship.