Ready to see how engineering can change the world – and have some serious fun doing it?
Dive headfirst into the high-impact world of robotics alongside other driven high school students. This isn’t a lecture, it’s a build, test, compete experience. You’ll use your design skills to enhance an underwater robot and put it to the test at the National Underwater Robotics Competition, tackling a high-stakes mission unlike anything you’ve done before.
Your challenge: respond to a maritime disaster in the Pacific and deploy your underwater robot to recover scattered rubber duckies, remove hazardous materials, and document damage to fragile marine ecosystems in a simulated deep-sea environment. Along the way, you’ll gain real engineering skills – buoyancy, electrical systems, controls, and autonomy – all through hands-on problem solving.
You’ll also meet and learn from Desert WAVE, the #1-ranked underwater robotics team in the U.S., and see what it takes to compete at the highest level.
No experience required – just curiosity, creativity, and the drive to build something extraordinary.
Additional camp information:
Camp date: Tuesday, June 2nd – Sunday, 7th, 2026 (day camp)
Tuesday, June 2nd – Friday, June 5th, 2026 – 8:00 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.
Saturday, June 6th – 12:00 to 10:00 p.m.
Sunday, June 7th – 1:00 to 2:30 p.m.
Camp location: Arizona State University – Polytechnic campus
Registration closes: April 10, 2026
Camp payment due: May 1, 2026 (If student is selected)
Applicants will be notified by April 17, 2026
Who can apply to attend?
Students who meet these requirements may apply to attend:
- Arizona residents or students residing in Arizona over the summer with their family.
- Rising 11th and 12th graders
- Good academic standing GPA
What is the cost? $500.00
The Ira A. Fulton Schools of Engineering requires a non-refundable application fee of 15.00 for program evaluation. Upon admission to the summer program, the $15.00 application fee will be credited towards the total program fee.
What does the cost include?
The cost for the ASU Underwater Robotics camp includes 4 days at camp and 2 days at the National Underwater Robotics Competition.
- Hands-on project (and supplies) facilitated by an ASU Fulton Schools of Engineering faculty member
- Entry to National Underwater Robotics Competition
- Project-based activities
- FSE swag and T-shirt