MATE ROV Competition 2024: Explorer Class Manual

This 78-page manual, from the Marine Advanced Technology Education Center, was provided to those competing in the Explorer Class at the MATE ROV (Remotely Operated Vehicle) 2024 competition. Every year, the "competition challenges students to build a ROV to tackle tasks based on the real world." The competition is divided into the following competition classes: Explorer, Ranger, Pioneer, and Navigator, and Scout. These classes are "based on the level of complexity required to build the vehicle." For 2024, participants of each competition class were challenged to design and build ROVs to complete the following four tasks: OOI: Coastal Pioneer Array, SMART Cables for Ocean Observing, From the Red Sea to Tennessee, MATE Floats!

This manual provides all the rules, requirements, and guidelines for teams competing in the Explorer Class of the competition. A table of contents and the following sections are included: Overview, Product Demonstration, Product Demonstration Prop Building Instructions and Photos, Vehicle Design and Building Specifications, Competition Rules, Engineering & Communication, and Submission Guidelines and Key Deadlines.

Additional manuals and competitor technical reports from the 2024 MATE ROV competition are available to view separately.