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Field trials, tank tests and competitions

What the work actually looks like — on the water, in the tank, and at competitions.

  • Team Aritra with their ASV and the Indian flag between Njord NTNU banners

    Team Aritra at NJORD 2026

    14 August 2026 · NJORD Autonomous Ship Challenge, Norway

  • Yellow Team Aritra autonomous surface vehicle underway during NJORD 2026

    Team Aritra ASV on the water

    14 August 2026 · NJORD Autonomous Ship Challenge, Norway

  • Autonomous surface vehicle navigating a harbour at dusk with a green buoy nearby

    Harbour run at dusk

    14 August 2026 · NJORD Autonomous Ship Challenge, Norway

  • MAV Lab members with three yellow and black autonomous surface vehicles on blue stands

    MAV Lab ASV fleet

    1 August 2026 · Department of Ocean Engineering, IIT Madras

  • Team Aritra on stage holding the first-place card and ceremonial prize cheque

    First prize at NJORD 2026

    14 August 2026 · NJORD Autonomous Ship Challenge, Norway

  • Vallabh Deogaonkar receiving the first-place OES Norman Miller Award and ceremonial cheque at OCEANS 2026 Sanya

    Best student poster at OCEANS 2026 Sanya

    28 May 2026 · IEEE-OES OCEANS Sanya 2026

  • Collage of MAV Lab autonomous surface and underwater vehicles including Matsya and Makara scale models

    Vehicles from the MAV Laboratory

    MAV Laboratory, IIT Madras