Anchor Into Our Mission
Enabling students at NTNU to develop themselves as engineers and team members through autonomous maritime vehicles.
“Developing students on a deeper level.”
Vortex NTNU
From six students to international podiums
Founded in January 2015 by six NTNU engineering students, Vortex NTNU has grown into over 50 members from 20+ study programs. We are a student-led volunteer organization that designs and builds both hardware and software for autonomous underwater vehicles (AUVs), autonomous surface vehicles (ASVs), and remotely operated vehicles (ROVs), competing nationally and internationally at events like RoboSub and TAC Challenge.
Our core values
Commitment
Members fulfill their responsibilities through optimum effort while prioritizing safety and delivering exceptional work.
Teamwork
A solid foundation for teamwork is a key factor for success. We recognise individual strengths within team performance.
Innovation
We strive to make a unique product without limitations from our previous projects, solving complex problems through creative engineering.
By the numbers
Technical Distribution
Approximate percentage of members per group (59 total).
Experience Level
Approximate percentage of members per year of study.
Each year's journey
Mid-August → Late December
Mid-August → Late December
Kick-off, onboarding new members, hardware design reviews, and the first full integration sprint before winter break.
January
January
Focused individual study, documentation, and preparing hardware for the second semester test campaigns.
Mid-January → June
Mid-January → June
Full-speed integration, pool testing, and competition preparation. Final tuning leading up to RoboSub or other summer events.
July → August
July → August
International competition, post-mortem analysis, and early planning for the next generation AUV.