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Virtual RobotX (VRX) Competition 2022

This Wiki provides technical documentation and tutorials for participants in the VRX Competition 2022.

• For programmatic information (schedule, registration, rules, technical guide, etc.) see the VRX website.
• For competition-related questions and discussion, see the VRX Competition 2022 forum.
• For general information about the VRX Platform, see the VRX platform overview.

How to Participate

An overview of the three phases of the competition, including how to prepare for and submit solutions to each phase.

Tutorials

A set of tutorials to help you get started with VRX.

Documentation

VRX documents, system requirements and theory of operation for Gazebo plugins.

Additional Resources

• The VRX issue tracker for submitting and following bugs, feature requests and enhancements
• VRX Software Changelog for brief history of VRX development.
• Docker Development
  • Instructions for Docker image developers.
• Maritime RobotX Website (General information)
• Past Events for archived Wiki pages related to previous events involving the VRX platform.

How to Cite

If you use the VRX simulation in your work, please cite our summary publication, "Toward Maritime Robotic Simulation in Gazebo".

@InProceedings{bingham19toward,
  Title                    = {Toward Maritime Robotic Simulation in Gazebo},
  Author                   = {Brian Bingham and Carlos Aguero and Michael McCarrin and Joseph Klamo and Joshua Malia and Kevin Allen and Tyler Lum and Marshall Rawson and Rumman Waqar},
  Booktitle                = {Proceedings of MTS/IEEE OCEANS Conference},
  Year                     = {2019},
  Address                  = {Seattle, WA},
  Month                    = {October}
}