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Each team gets a half hour to complete as many tasks as they can. Each team does it solo. We have been trying to think of a game where several ROVs would have to "cooperate", but it is difficult to make it fair since there is only one round.

As for leaks and such. It happens and it can be disastrous. We will operate in 10 feet of water so ROVs can be "tested" rater easily. Everyone has access to a pool someplace. For two years we competed at the Neutral Buoyancy Lab at the Johnson Space Center. It is 40 feet deep. We would build our ROB and test it in a regular pool, but we could not find a place where we could test at 40 feet. Quite a few ROVs had leaks or buoyancy problems at the competition due to the increased pressure.

The darkness does give it a great feel. Also competing at night until 4-5 in the morning with all the pizza and other activities makes it a really coll party!