AMV UI was founded in 2012 by Muhammad Hary Mukti (Uki, class of 2009) and his team, the team was the first team from Faculty of Engineering Universitas Indonesia who participated in 5th Roboboat Competition in Virginia Beach, USA. Unfortunately, the team at that time was unable to participate in the competition successfully due to the handling accident of MAKARA-01, which was during transportatio
n from DC to Virginia Beach. However, this would not stop the spirit of the team to develop advanced unmanned marine technology for Indonesia. Upon the accident, they built MAKARA-02, an Innovative USV with SWATH Hull for Operability in Sea States Military and Civilian Support, namely Sea Ghost Project. They won National Best Design Award and successfully passed the autonomous mission in National Unmanned Vehicle Competition in Indonesia. It has also become viral on social media due to its achievement with MABES TNI (Indonesian Military Force) and inspiration for Indonesian unmanned technology in the future. Henceforth, the next generation AMV was built to give benefits in a civilian manner, particularly in Search and Rescue missions. We collaborated with the Indonesian SAR Department and successfully commissioned a prototype of MAKARA-03 which has the self-righting capability and conducts a SAR mission in rough seas conditions. MAKARA-04 was developed to do surface and underwater on the same platform. The design was inspired by the latest technology in inverted axe bow and it was equipped with a waterjet system in order to reduce significantly the noise from propulsion during the fully-submerged condition. This prototype has won 2nd runner-up place in National Unmanned Marine Vehicle Competition in Indonesia. Finally, the next generation MAKARA-05 and MAKARA-06 is the first trimaran hull that AMV UI developed to compete in the 9th Roboboat Competition. This design was aligned to support the Indonesian Unmanned Surface Vehicle called bonefish developed by SAAB Technology.
