Template – Season page

International Challenge Teams:

Technical Design Report is a required event for all teams.

Objective: Communicate your intentional design process.

Submission Format: Technical design report

Overview: Describe the intentional design process you complete for your SeaPerch ROV. This report should include all required sections in the template and provide judges with an understanding of your unique SeaPerch design and your team’s approach to developing this design.

Reports may be focused on a SeaPerch ROV designed for the 2021 SeaPerch Mission pool course or for a real-world application. The application for your SeaPerch should be clearly described in the “Task Overview” section of your report. Teams that are unable to build their SeaPerch may describe the approach that they would have taken or plan to take in the future.

Options:

– Focus on a SeaPerch ROV designed for the 2021 SeaPerch Mission pool course

– Focus on a SeaPerch ROV designed for a real-world application

Resources

Report Template & Instructions

Fact Sheet Template (PDF) (PPT) (Google Slide)

Scoring Rubric

Need a Starting Point?

Engineering Design Process Page

International Challenge Teams:

Team Video is a required event for all teams.

Objective: Clearly present your team and SeaPerch ROV design.

Submission Format: Online Interview (multiple video meeting platforms will be available)

Overview: We want to connect and hear directly from you. All teams competing at the International Challenge will sign-up for a 15-minute live online interview with our SeaPerch judges.

Teams will have 10 minutes to answer a minimum of two questions about their SeaPerch ROV design or their team approach. A list of the possible questions is provided below. The final 5 minutes of each interview will include open Q&A, discussion, and judge feedback.

Resources

Interview Instructions & Questions

Scoring Rubric

International Challenge Teams:

Pool is a required event for all teams.

Objective: Demonstrate the performance of your novel ROV design.

Submission Format: Video of pool course run

Overview: If you have access to a pool or tank, you can still compete in the pool courses this year. Navigate your SeaPerch ROV through a series of tasks and score points for time and successful task completion.

Options:

– Complete your run using a full mission course

– Complete your run using a mini course

Note: The Obstacle Course will not be included for scoring in the 2021 International Challenge. Updated rules and scoring documents will promote consistency between event options. Course rules, scoring documents, and submission information for this event will be provided in early 2021.

Resources

Pool Courses Overview & Rules

ROV Compliance Checklist (updated 01/25/2021)

Scoring Rubric

International Challenge Teams:

Real-World Innovation is an optional event. Teams can choose one optional event.

Objective: Explore real-world applications for underwater ROVs.

Submission Format: Digital poster

Overview: Identify a real-world issue and design a SeaPerch to address the issue. Create a virtual poster to tell us all about your project. Poster submissions can include anything from a conceptual design to a full project that you completed in the real world.

Options:

– Innovation Challenge: Design a prototype to collect microplastics with your SeaPerch.

– SeaPerch in the Wild Project: Design a project inspired by the SeaPerch in the Wild project ideas.

– Create Your Own: You know your local community best; design a project with an application best suited to your community’s needs.

Resources

Real-World Innovation Instructions

Poster Template (PPT) (Google Slide)

Scoring Rubric

Need a Starting Point?

SeaPerch in the Wild

SeaPerch Onshore – Virtual Team Pit

International Challenge Teams:

Community and Outreach is an optional event. Teams can choose one optional event.

Objective: Give back to the community.

Submission Format: Written statement (with photos and videos as applicable)

Overview: It’s time to give back. Whether you volunteer your time in your community or your team finds a way to connect and offer support online, we want to hear about it. No project is too big or small.