Center for Marine Autonomy and Robotics, Virginia Tech
The Center for Marine Autonomy and Robotics at Virginia Tech develops autonomous underwater vehicles including the VT 690 AUV for advanced marine research missions. The center receives support from the Office of Naval Research for innovation in underwater robotics capabilities.
Notable achievements
VT 690 AUV development and enhancement, Office of Naval Research funded projects
Notable work
Recent publications
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Optimal design of supercritical CO2 Brayton cycle driven by heat pipe reactor under realistic constraints for underwater robotics
Shengyu Shen, Guofeng Fan, Menglin Zhao +2 more
Energy Conversion and Management · 2026
Bioinspired underwater robotics: Advances across the materials, design, control, and applications
Dilip Muchhala, Pramod Kumar Maurya, Adarsh Raut +3 more
Robotics and Autonomous Systems · 2026
When Stopping Fails: Rethinking Minimal Risk Conditions through Human-Interactive Autonomous Driving for Safe Transportation Systems
Yash Tandon, Giovanni Tapia Lopez, Marcus Blennemann +2 more
2026
Characterizing Driver Interactions with Autonomous Vehicles via Response Maps
Dave Broaddus, Rachel DiPirro, Chishang +4 more
2026
A Mixed-Reality Testbed for Autonomous Vehicles
H. M. Sabbir Ahmad, Ehsan Sabouni, Emrullah Celik +4 more
2026
A compact, platform-agnostic system for underwater radioactivity detection.
Tsabaris C, Androulakaki EG, Kora I +1 more
Journal of environmental radioactivity · 2026