PantheROV is the name of the remotely operated vehicle

Remotely operated vehicle

A remotely operated vehicle is a tethered underwater vehicle. They are common in deepwater industries such as offshore hydrocarbon extraction. An ROV may sometimes be called a remotely operated underwater vehicle to distinguish it from remote control vehicles operating on land or in the air. ROVs...

 (ROV) built by undergraduate students at the University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee (UWM) for the annual MATE ROV Competition, essentially an underwater robotics competition. PantheROV is a conjugation of UWMs mascot, the panther, and ROV. The ROV Team at UWM is generously supported by the Great Lakes WATER Institute

Great Lakes WATER Institute

Great Lakes WATER Institute is a freshwater research center of the University of Wisconsin System administered by the Graduate School of University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee.Located on Milwaukee's inner harbor, it is the only major aquatic research institution...

 (GLWI) and various other sponsors. The team is open to all undergraduate students at UWM.

Many of the students on the ROV Team have worked concurrently at the GLWI and have provided large engineering contributions to the Great Lakes Urban Coastal Observing System

Glucos

Great Lakes Urban Coastal Observing System is a buoy-based sensor network that will support research on the interactions between Milwaukee Harbor and the lake, and other processes in coastal Lake Michigan....

 (GLUCOS).

PantheROV I (2005)

The inaugural PantheROV I competed at the fourth annual International ROV Competition held in the Neutral Buoyancy Laboratory

Neutral Buoyancy Laboratory

The Neutral Buoyancy Laboratory is an astronaut training facility maintained by and located at the Sonny Carter Training Facility on NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas. The NBL consists of a large indoor pool of water, the largest in the world, in which astronauts may perform simulated...

 (NBL) at the Sonny Carter Training Facility
. PantheROV I was constructed out of PVC piping and fitting and the electronics were housed in a waterproof box.

PantheROV II (2006)

The PantheROV II competed at the fifth annual International ROV Competition held again in the NBL at the Sonny Carter Training Facility
. The PantheROV II was a complete redesign from the inaugural PantheROV; a tubular aluminum hull was manufactured for the electronics and controls and was fitted with an acrylic glass dome for the ROVs main vision system, a more hydrodynamic frame was again constructed out of PVC piping and fitting, and the entire design was made more modular.

PantheROV III (2007)

The PantheROV III competed at the sixth annual International ROV Competition held at Memorial University in St. John's, Newfoundland, Canada
. PantheROV III used the same hull and a lot of the electronics from II, however, the frame was constructed out of metal piping and fittings.

PantheROV IV (2008)

The PantheROV IV competed at the seventh annual International ROV Competition held at University of California-San Diego.

PantheROV V (2009)

The PantheROV V competed at the eighth annual International ROV Competition held at Massachusetts Maritime Academy

Massachusetts Maritime Academy

Massachusetts Maritime Academy is a regionally accredited, coeducational, state college offering undergraduate degrees in maritime-related fields, as well as graduate degrees and professional studies. Established in 1891, Mass Maritime is the second oldest state maritime academy in the country...

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Competition Results

Explorer Class Results
Competition	Place	# of Teams Competing
2005	10	16
2006	8	15
2007	12	19
2008	14	27
2009	24	28