Team Bath Drones Marine

Last year we were awarded Rookie of the Year, this year Persistency Award. We are extremely proud of our results here at 2019 at the NATO CMRE in La Spezia, Italy. Our vehicle SCOUT-2 managed to dive to a constant depth, orientate towards the target, and reach the desired waypoint. A special thanks to Daniel Stapleton, Alex Robb, Zuhayr Rymansaib, and to all the other team members who tirelessly worked to achieve our goals. It has been an incredible week, the team faced every day new challenges, and never, ever gave up. This year we started all over again, new vehicle, new team, new skills and as Project Manager, I couldn’t be more satisfied with our results. Well done guys. Next year we will face new challenges with new members and with a solid experience gained throughout the year and here at ERL 2019. I am looking forward to going back to work on SCOUT-2, and wish the best of luck to all members going to placement this year.

Filippo Maria de Leva

Exciting time here at Emergency 2019, an incredible learning experience for the Team, we’re working non-stop to improve the performance of the drone!

Day 2 of Emergency 2019 La Spezia Tournament. In a rainy day, two teams went to sea and a new vehicle passed the safety check. Here's a picture of Team Bath Drones Marine testing their vehicle in the pool.

Good luck to all taking exams! Quick update from us, the internal structure of the pressure vessels are completed, currently manufacturing thruster mounts. We plan to test the drone in the lake very soon. Two months till the competition!

With the help of technicians from the Department Workshop, we've manufactured our end caps. Pressure vessels ready to go! These will house our drone's electronics while underwater.

The manufacturing team assembling our new drone's frame. Next up, pressure vessels and thrusters!

After months of hard work, we present to you our final rendered design. More exciting updates coming soon!

Presenting Team Bath Drones Marine for 2018-19. The team is working hard to design a new drone for next year's European Robotics League. We can't wait to show you what we've been working on!

We're finally back from Italy, after a great competition. We won the prize for best new team this year (along with free entry to the Breaking The Surface Workshop in Croatia) and hopefully we'll be competing again in the future!

Unfortunately it's a hard to take a good photo of an underwater robot.. But it's in there I promise!

We have been out in the marina today at the ERL competition! Some photos of us preparing to launch, watching while the robot does some surface tests and collects sonar data, and Zo wrestling the robot back to the boat!

Some more testing in the pool today. And then some emergency repairs, improvements to buoyancy with some expert advice, and mission planning!