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Underwater robotics competition helps students build skills for ocean occupations
For the challenge, students were required to design and build a remotely operated underwater vehicle (ROV) for tasks related to operating and maintaining an ocean observing system.
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Team members move their vehicle from their mission table to the pool deck as they prepare to launch it.
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Students from Jesuit High School in Carmichael, Calif., the first place winners in the Explorer (advanced) class, prepare to launch their vehicle.
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Teammates from Aptos High School in Aptos, Calif., the first place winners in the Ranger (intermediate) class, retrieve their vehicle after completing their pool missions.
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Before competing, students test their vehicles in the practice area of the pool.
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A student team, with its ROV, heads to the pool deck to complete its mission run.
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