Marine Robotics
Marine Robotics covers modeling, control, perception, and navigation of autonomous surface and underwater vehicles, focusing on kinematics, dynamics, optimal control, and state estimation.
Summary
Recent recorded grades — Fall 2025: 4.00 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=14 letter grades).
What you’ll be able to do
Explain the core principles of underwater robotics, including kinematics, dynamics, control, localization, and communication
Implement control and perception algorithms for Autonomous Surface Vehicles (ASVs) and Autonomous Underwater Vehicles (AUVs) to achieve specified tasks
Execute simulations/experiments with small autonomous robotic systems and analyze the resulting data to evaluate and improve system performance
Communicate technical findings about marine systems effectively
Assess the environmental and ethical implications of autonomous marine systems
Design optimal control systems for marine robots to ensure robust performance in dynamic and disturbed aquatic environments
Source: UW Guide
Grade history
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Prerequisites
Course mapM E 446,M E/E M A 458, (M E 340 and M E/E C E 439),E C E 332, 334, graduate/professional standing, or member of Engineering Guest Students
- ME 446
- EMA/ME 458
- take all
- take one
- graduate/professional standing
- member of Engineering Guest Students
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- Any of
- ME 446
- EMA/ME 458
- All of
- Any of
- graduate/professional standing
- member of Engineering Guest Students
Professors
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the class
Recent recorded grades — Fall 2025: 4.00 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=14 letter grades).
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Topics
- Kinematics, dynamics, optimal control, state estimation, perception, communication, and guidance
- Autonomous Surface Vehicles (ASVs) and Autonomous Underwater Vehicles (AUVs)
- Development and testing of dynamic models, controllers, and perception algorithms
Skills
- Explain core principles of underwater robotics including kinematics, dynamics, control, localization, and communication
- Implement control and perception algorithms for ASVs and AUVs
- Design optimal control systems for marine robots
- Assess environmental and ethical implications of autonomous marine systems
Grades
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Explore recorded gradesRecorded 2026-10-14
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Model & dataset provenance
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