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- A team of students from the Indian Institute of Technology Madras won the international 2026 Njord Challenge held in Trondheim, Norway.
- The competition focuses on the development and deployment of autonomous surface vessels, which are unmanned ships used for tasks like surveillance and data collection.
- The team was mentored by the Marine Autonomous Vessels Laboratory at IIT Madras, which aims to advance India's capabilities in marine robotics.
What to watch next
- Continued participation of Indian student teams in international marine robotics competitions.
- Development of new autonomous maritime applications by the MAV Laboratory at IIT Madras.
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Abhilash Sharma Somayajula
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“Our vision at the Marine Autonomous Vessels Laboratory is to help build the capabilities that India will need as marine autonomy becomes increasingly important.”
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…Norway, Poland, Canada, Japan, Spain, Croatia and Scotland. The team was mentored by IIT Madras’s Marine Autonomous Vessels (MAV) Laboratory as well as faculty members Abhilash Sharma MA Atmanand and Prabhakaran Jay “ Our vision at the Marine Autonomous Vessels Laboratory is to help build the capabilities that India will need as marine autonomy becomes increasingly important. We hope that projects such as Team Aritra will excite more students to explore marine robotics and give them the confidence to pursue ideas that may not have obvious answers, but are worth exploring,”Abhilash Sharma…
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Named India · Norway · Aarav Patel · Abhilash Sharma Somayajula · Indian Institute of Technology Madras · MA Atmanand · Madhava Sai · Marine Autonomous Vessels Laboratory · Norwegian University of Science and Technology · Prabhakaran Jay · S. Gurukesav · Team Aritra
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