UFRJ NautilusA Brazilian AUV ProjectBY CLAUDIO PASCHOAThe UFRJ Nautilus AUV is an academic project designed to The UFRJ Naval Engineering degree tends to be quite tra-develop autonomous underwater vehicle (AUV) technology ditional – sometimes even old-fashioned – and I’ve always in Brazil and participate in the annual Robosub competition. enjoyed technology,” Armand said. “Besides, I was watching According to project founder, Lucas Armand, a Naval and the market around me collapse; I felt that when I was educated Ocean Engineering graduate from the Federal University of there would be no good job opportunities to justify my effort Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ), the emergence of Nautilus has a lot to learn what did not satisfy me. Except that I had already to do with personal history: “I was having a dif