Marine Autonomy Challenge (MAChallenge) Relaunching in 2021!

After the disappointment of having to cancel MAChallenge 2020 due to Covid-19, the Society of Maritime Industries (SMI) is excited to announce that we will be launching our Marine Autonomy Challenge on Friday! A key mission of the Maritime Autonomous Systems Group (MASG) Council is to encourage young technologists and help develop careers that contribute to the future of the UK’s MAS industry.

This exciting challenge is open to teams of students studying at UK universities. The first phase involves a video submission and the finals take place in November this year. Each qualifying team will be provided with an industry simulator to enable them to build the autonomous behaviours required to achieve a series of challenges. These will be carried out using a 2m catamaran that has been specially designed, built and equipped for MAChallenge – a cash prize of £2000 awaits the winning team. Our aim is to bring on the next generation of marine technologists and to encourage development and take-up of marine autonomous systems technologies in the UK.

If you haven’t done so already and want to join our list of generous sponsors, then please get in touch with Emma Johnson at SMI.

Visit www.maritimeindustries.org/Maritime-Autonomy-Challenge for more information and an announcement on Friday!