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Virtual Ocean Robot Challenge (VORC)

This is the entry point for teams participating in VORC.

VORC 2020 Events and Deadlines

• Results: Results for the VORC phases as they arrive.
• November 23, 23:59 PST, Phase 1: The first milestone for VORC.
• December 7-11, 23:59 PST, Phase 2: The main competition event.
• Download logs: How to download your log files after an event.

Competition Rules and Technical Details

• VORC Competition and Task Descriptions, Version 1.11, 9 December 2020:
  • Defines the phases of the competition, scoring, tasks and the API for each task.
• VORC Technical Guide, Version 1.11, 9 December 2020:
  • Defines CoRa configuration (sensors and propulsion), environmental envelope (waves, wind, and visual conditions), task interface, how the competition will be implemented and how competitors will submit solutions.

Getting Started

1. System Requirements
   • The system requirements for VORC.
2. Tutorials
   • A set of tutorials to help you get started with VORC.
3. Gazebo Plugins
   • Description of environmental and model plugins used in VORC/VRX.

Citations

If you use the VORC/VRX simulation in your work, please cite our summary publication, Toward Maritime Robotic Simulation in Gazebo:

@InProceedings{bingham19toward,
  Title                    = {Toward Maritime Robotic Simulation in Gazebo},
  Author                   = {Brian Bingham and Carlos Aguero and Michael McCarrin and Joseph Klamo and Joshua Malia and Kevin Allen and Tyler Lum and Marshall Rawson and Rumman Waqar},
  Booktitle                = {Proceedings of MTS/IEEE OCEANS Conference},
  Year                     = {2019},
  Address                  = {Seattle, WA},
  Month                    = {October}
}