The technical specifications for the 2022 competition are ready!

The Technical Specifications for Njord’s 2022 Autonomous Ship Challenge is ready! This year there will be two competitions that run in parallel: a digital challenge, and the main physical competition. The technical specifications contain the guidelines and requirements to attend the physical competition.

In Njord's first ever physical competition the teams will have to design and build an autonomous surface vessel. The vessel must be fully autonomous while competing in the different categories. The main dimensions are also specified, and there is an example hull design offered to the teams which they are free to use or modify. Njord also hosts bimonthly check-ins and a webinar for the registered teams after the registration deadline in February. The teams will have to compete in 4 different categories: maneuvering and navigation, collision avoidance, docking and a technical report. The registration of teams deadline is 1. February.

Have you seen this?

Webinar recording

You can now watch the recording from the webinar for the physical competition!

Webinar - getting started on the physical competition!

Welcome to Njord's webinar for the physical competition on Wednesday 30th of March

Have you seen this?

Webinar recording

You can now watch the recording from the webinar for the physical competition!

Webinar - getting started on the physical competition!

Welcome to Njord's webinar for the physical competition on Wednesday 30th of March

Important! Team registration deadlines postponed

The new deadlines are 1. March (physical) and 1. April (digital). Registration is open on the 2022 Challenge page!

Stream links and final time table

Here you find the links to follow the events during Njord - The Autionomous Ship Challenge 2021, as well as the a short description and time table for the events.

Competition 2021 around the corner

We are approaching the first annual edition of Njord - The Autonomous Ship Challenge!

Second round of check-ins

It's time for our second round of check-ins! Make sure your team has downloaded and tested the latest software updates. We are looking forward to catching up with you all!

Team Registration deadline

As the summer holiday approaches, we here at NJORD have decided to set the final registration date for new teams to the 9th of May.

Forum up and running

Some of you experienced problems with the forum lately. This should now be fixed. Check it out!

Date for the 2021 Challenge

The date for the 2021 Njord Challenge has been set!

Students driving innovation forward

Our project leader, Aida Angell, is writing for Ocean Autonomy Cluster about the students that are driving innovation forward during these special times. Check it out!

Article about Njord in Norwegian newspaper Shipping24

This is an article posted by Shipping24 in March 2020. The article is written in Norwegian and was posted when we were still planning for a physical competition for the 2021 challenge.

We are going digital for the 2021 challenge!

We are excited to announce that the first-ever Njord - Autonomous Ship Challenge will take place in August 2021, and will be fully digital! This will allow teams from all over the world to step up to our challenge. The competition will culminate with the teams being invited to Trondheim to meet each other, witness their own simulations in real-time, and ultimately crown the winner!

Why We Need To Go Autonomous

Autonomous ships offer a number of advantages over human-driven vessels, where a major topic is a promise of improved safety. Human-error accidents are all too common and costly. In this article, we have written about some of the benefits that come with autonomous ships.