180623-N-PO203-0232 SOUTH DAYTONA, Fla. (Jun. 23, 2018)

180623-N-PO203-0232 SOUTH DAYTONA, Fla. (Jun. 23, 2018) Kelly Cooper, left, a program manager in the Office of Naval Research's (ONR) sea warfare and weapons, ship systems and engineering research division, watches as a student designed autonomous robotic boat from Georgia Institute of Technology is launched during the 2018 International RoboBoat Competition held at Reed Canal Park in South Daytona, Fla. Sponsored by ONR, the behaviors demonstrated during the competition mimic tasks that are being developed for coastal surveillance, port security and other types of oceanographic operations. (U.S. Navy photo by John F. Williams/Released)