Marine Autonomy Lab - Open House, September 27th, 2021

  • What: A Lab Open House and Arrival of new Autonomous Sailboat
  • When: Monday September 27th from 430-630pm
  • Where: The Marine Autonomy Lab at the MIT Sailing Pavilion
  • Open To: MIT students interested in marine robotics and marine autonomy software. Novices welcome!!
  • Food: Pizza while it lasts!

The Marine Autonomy Lab is situated at the MIT Sailing Pavilion and home to research on several autonomous marine vehicles, both underwater and surface vehicles. It is the teaching space for MIT 2.680, taught each Spring term, and is open 9 months of the year for daily in-water deployments of robotic platforms, by students from the Dept of Mechanical Engineering, MIT Sea Grant, and other groups at MIT.

Autonomous Sailboat Arrives!

An autonomous sailboat joins the group of unmanned marine vehicles at the MIT Marine Autonomy Lab. This advanced prototype vessel arrives on Monday the 27th accompanied by engineers from the sailboat company. Come check it out and discuss how to get involved in making the boat a more autonomous and robust platform!