MATE ROV Competition

Immerse yourself in ocean science and exploration through our MATE remotely operated vehicle (ROV) competition! K12 through university level teams build tools designed for remote sensing, collecting and observing of subsea habitats to solve real-world ocean challenges in a simulated mission competition. Innovation and entrepreneurial development is showcased through product demonstrations, marketing displays and engineering interviews with the top regional team moving up to compete in the MATE ROV World Championship.

Gray’s Reef - Southeast MATE ROV Competition - Saturday, May 2, 2020 (9:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.)

Chatham County Aquatic Center

7240 Sallie Mood Drive, Savannah, GA 31406

SCOUT-class ROV tasks

THE UBIQUITOUS PROBLEM OF PLASTIC POLLUTION

• Disconnect the power to a Seabin
• Replace an old mesh catch bag on the Seabin with a new one
• Reconnect the power to a Seabin
• Remove floating plastic debris from the surface
• Remove a ghost net from midwater
• Remove plastic debris from the bottom

THE CATASTROPHIC IMPACT OF CLIMATE CHANGE ON CORAL REEFS

• Fly a transect line over a coral reef
• Remove coral fragments from the nursery structure
• Outplant coral fragments into the reef
• Cull an outbreak of Crown of Thorn sea stars
• Collect samples of sponge species for pharmaceutical research

MAINTAINING HEALTHY WATERWAYS PART II: DELAWARE RIVER AND BAY

• Return a sediment sample to the surface
• Determine the type of contaminant present in the sediment sample
• Retrieve a sample of mussels and estimate the number of mussels in a mussel bed
• Estimate the total amount of water filtered by the mussel bed
• Remove a trap full of eels
• Place an empty eel trap in the designated area