181214-N-PO203-0041 HONOLULU, Hawaii (Dec. 14, 2018) Queensland University of Technology and other competing teams launch their autonomous surface vehicles during the next-to-last day of competition at the Office of Naval Research (ONR)-sponsored Maritime RobotX Challenge in Honolulu, Hawaii. Fifteen teams from the United States, Australia and Asia, compete in the biennial challenge designed to foster student interest in autonomous robotic systems operating in the maritime domain, with an emphasis on the science and engineering of cooperative autonomy. (U.S. Navy photo by John F. Williams/Released)