Case Study: The Cornell University Autonomous Underwater Vehicle achieves an autonomous submarine victory with Syncfusion Essential Studio

An Autonomous Aquatic Autopilot System Built with Essential Studio

The Cornell University Autonomous Underwater Vehicle (CUAUV) team needed to build a complete, user-intuitive autopilot system for its autonomous submarine, while also providing a sophisticated editor and clear mission-monitoring tools. To meet that challenge, the team turned to Syncfusion Essential Studio to create Windows client applications and a ground control interface for communicating with and monitoring the vehicle.

Using Syncfusion’s controls, CUAUV eliminated much of the low-level coding and was able to focus more on the autopilot logic than on data display. The result was a robust, easy-to-use control system that helped Cornell’s submarine win first place in the 2003 International RoboSub Competition, earn $7,000 in prize money, place second in 2004, and become a national finalist in Microsoft’s Imagine Cup Competition.

The Cornell University Autonomous Underwater Vehicle