Rungsted Autonomous Vessel Club (RAVC) is a non-profit community for people passionate about autonomous maritime technology. Our members come together to design, build, test, and improve autonomous surface vessels while learning from each other in a friendly and collaborative environment.
Whether your interests are engineering, programming, electronics, CAD, robotics, AI, or simply building things, there is a place for you at RAVC.
We believe that innovation happens when curious people work together. Our goal is to make advanced maritime technology accessible through hands-on projects, knowledge sharing, and teamwork.
Everyone is welcome—whether you’re an experienced engineer, a student, a maker, or simply curious about autonomous vessels.
Build. Learn. Sail. Together.
FAQs
Where are you located?
We are currently based at Hørsholm Library, where we meet every Wednesday from 18:30 to 21:00 PM.
How to join?
Interested in autonomous vessels? We’d love to meet you!
Drop by one of our Wednesday meetings at Hørsholm Library and get to know the club. If you decide to join, you can register through MinForening.
Likewise you can reach us at our discord channel
Annual membership (2026): 250 DKK
Student and Retirement membership (2026): 100 DKK
What Is RAVC Building Right Now?
Our current project is a simple autonomous surface vessel powered by a Pixhawk flight controller.
The goal is to create a reliable and easy-to-understand platform that every member can learn from and contribute to. Along the way, we’re exploring navigation, sensors, electronics, software, and autonomous control.
There is no single guide that explains how to build an autonomous maritime drone from start to finish. Instead, we combine knowledge from documentation, research, videos, and our own testing and experimentation.
We learn together, solve problems together, and share everything we discover with the community.
What we are trying to achive: Autonomous Box Boat – Long Range Waypoint Mission – RCTESTFLIGHT
Where can I learn more about autonomous vessels?
There are many excellent resources available online, and we’ve listed a few that have been especially helpful to us. Whether you’re just getting started or want to dive deeper into autonomous maritime technology, these are great places to begin.
- ArduPilot – The open-source autopilot software that powers our Pixhawk-based vessels. It includes extensive documentation, community support, and development resource
- Mission Planner – The ground control software we use to configure, test, and monitor our vessels.
- Our YouTube Inspiration RCTESTFLIGHT – The creator whose projects inspired much of our own development and experimentation
- Pixhawk Documentation – Hardware information, wiring guides, and technical references for the flight controller we use. We are using a setup where we are a Rover with Ship hull. As we continue learning and experimenting, we’ll keep expanding this list with tutorials, articles, and other resources that we find useful.
We’re constantly discovering new resources and will continue updating this list as our projects evolve.