CWRUbotix finishes in first place at 2025 MATE ROV World Championship
CWRUbotix, Case Western Reserve University’s undergraduate robotics team, won first place overall in the 2025 MATE ROV World Championship last month. CWRUbotix competed alongside 25 other teams from around the world that qualified for the World Championship. Hosted in Alpena, Michigan, this competition tasked teams with building and piloting remotely operated vehicles (ROVs) underwater to attempt a host of challenges related to maintaining ocean observation systems and sustaining marine biodiversity.
The team designed three unique devices for the competition, including the ROV named “Fried Rice,” a profiling float named “Shrimp,” and a photosphere camera named “Calamari,” all of which were custom made at Sears think[box].
To prepare for this competition, members of CWRUbotix had been working tirelessly on brainstorming, designing and fabricating components for “Fried Rice,” as well as testing these components weekly in Donnell Pool on campus since the start of the fall semester.
The team looks forward to next year’s competition at the Fisheries and Marine Institute of Memorial University in St. John’s, Newfoundland, and Labrador, Canada.
