SeaSea domain
Autonomous surface vessels — the Vesselbee programme — built for international maritime challenges like Njord and RoboBoat.
2× International Champion · Land · Sea · Air
Autonomous systems,
Autonomous systems,
engineered by students.
ITU Autobee is a student-driven research team at Istanbul Technical University, building intelligent autonomous vehicles and competing on the world stage since 2016.
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What we do
Three domains, one mission
From intelligent ground vehicles to award-winning autonomous ships, our teams design, build and field complete systems across land, sea and air.
Sea
LandLand domain
Intelligent and agricultural ground vehicles that navigate, perceive and act without a driver.
AirAir domain
VTOL aircraft and experimental cyclorotor platforms pushing autonomous flight.
Featured
Two-time autonomous-vessel champions
Our Vesselbee fleet competes — and wins — on the world stage: 1st at Njord 2023 in Trondheim, Norway, and 1st at RoboBoat 2024 in Florida, USA.
ActiveVesselbee 03
Third-generation autonomous surface vessel built for the Njord Autonomous Ship Challenge, featuring upgraded perception and navigation stacks.
Award WinnerVesselbee 02
The vessel behind Autobee's first-place finish at the 2023 Njord Autonomous Ship Challenge in Norway.
RetiredVesselbee 01
First full-scale autonomous surface vessel, marking the team's expansion into the maritime domain.
Want to build the future of autonomy?
We bring together students from naval architecture, electrical, mechanical and control engineering. If you want to design, build and compete — reach out.
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