Democratizing
marine exploration.
Meet
TRI26
A competition-grade underwater vehicle with 6 DoF maneuverability, a 2DoF articulating claw, custom photogrammetry, computer vision, and augmented reality vehicle control — all in a 576×397×273mm frame.
TALON v2 —
Built to grip anything.
Developed in-house, TALON is one of the most innovative and capable claws in the MATE ROV competition. An extremely compact 2DoF design delivering 35N of gripping force — mountable or dismountable from TRI-26 with just 2 screws.
MMT.
Built for the Crew,
Not Just the Pilot.
The Mission Management Terminal — a real-time crew coordination system built from scratch for competitive ROV operations.
Every decision in the water is a time decision. MMT eliminates the ambiguity — both operators see the same state, the same clock, the same prediction.
Custom-built by Project Trident. Not a plugin. Not a dashboard template.
OpenBot
Project Trident's open-source ROV for real-life application. OpenBot performs high-quality marine photogrammetry at 1/4 the cost of other commercial ROVs, with an expansive architecture built for constant upgrades and modifications.
“15 students. 1st year competing. 4th place.”
A first-year team. A production-grade vehicle.
Project Trident ranked 4th place at the MATEROV Monterey Bay competition on its debut.
Project Trident is a student-led engineering company based in Danville, California. Founded by six core members at The Athenian School, the company has grown to 15 engineers, designers, and operators united by a single mission: to build technology that makes the ocean more accessible. From a custom ROV to an open-source ROV deployed in real-world research, Project Trident approaches every problem the way a professional engineering team would — with iteration, precision, and a bias toward building things that actually work.
Backed by
people who build.
Project Trident is supported by partners who help turn prototypes into working systems, practice hours into performance, and student engineering into something real.
The people
behind the machine.
CEO
Max Mao
CTO
David Chen
COO
Ariel Grossberg
TRI27
TRI26 IPC proved a first-year team can build a production-grade ROV from scratch. TRI27 is the world's most innovative MATE ROV competition vehicle — featuring thrust vectoring control, full-team real-time datalink via MMTv2, task-conscious automation, and consolidated electronics.
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