About Us

History of UL Lafayette Ragin' Cajuns RoboBoat Team

This year is the third year that UL Lafayette has participated in the RoboBoat Competition. The first year UL Lafayette competed was in 2019. This team was composed of a senior projects team and Dr. Vaughan. The senior projects team had focused up on created the ASV from scratch and they also made the ASV autonomous. This autonomous system was very basic and had a lot of room to improve upon. The 2020 team decided to improve the autonomous system. The 2020 team was composed of a few graduate students, undergraduate students, and Dr. Vaughan. The 2020 team was unable to test the new research that had taken place due to COVID-19 restrictions, but they left a great base for the 2021 team to improve.

The UL Lafayette teams that have taken place for this RoboBoat Competition have all been under the CRAWLAB. The CRAWLab has allowed students to take apart in research opportunities in controls as well as robotics. Dr. Vaughan is in charge of this lab and he has played a large role in helping students understand more about controls and autonomous systems. He is also the original faculty advisor for the UL Lafayette Ragin’ Cajuns RoboBoat team. This year a few changes were made to this years team. Two new undergrads were placed into this years competition and Ms. Qudsi was chosen to be a faculty advisor along with Dr. Vaughan. The team for the 2021 competition was mainly a group of undergrads, who were looking for a senior design project and as two of the four undergrads had been apart of the UL Lafayette Ragin’ Cajuns RoboBoat 2020 team, the team decided to take this competition on as their senior project. There was a lot the team had to figure out and develop, but this website reflects our accomplishments and we do hope that you all enjoy seeing our progress and future development in the RoboBoat Competition.

Please see below for contact information and general inquiries.

UL Lafayette 2021 RoboBoat Competition Details

• TDR
• Skills Video: Sensor Optimization
• Demonstration Video
• Team Poster
• Flickr
• GitHub Repository
• Vimeo

Contact Information

Dr. Joshua Vaughan

• Dr. Vaughan - Louisiana Introduction Page
• CRAWLAB
• Dr. Vaughan’s Github Page
• Dr. Vaughan’s Email

Ms. Yasmeen Qudsi

• Ms. Qudsi - Louisiana Introduction Page
• Ms. Qudsi’s Email

For general inquiries:

Full Name

Email Address

Message