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Marine, Subsea, Land, Air, Industrial, Space or Rocket.
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TEAMS
One university, building for many worlds.
CORE has two layers: vehicle teams focus on physical environments while shared service teams build reusable software, electronics and operations capabilities for everyone.
VEHICLE / FIELD TEAMS
Seven environments, seven areas of specialization.
CORE Marine → Subsea → Land → Air → Industrial → Space → Rocket
01CORE-M
CORE Marine
Autonomous surface vehicles, mission execution and maritime field systems.
USV · Navigation · MissionHull & PropulsionNavigation & MissionTelemetry & Field
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02CORE-S
CORE Subsea
AUV/ROV platforms, underwater perception, localization and manipulation.
AUV · ROV · PerceptionSealing & MechanicsPerception & LocalizationThruster Control
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03CORE-L
CORE Land
UGVs, rovers, autonomous navigation and rough-terrain missions.
UGV · Rover · AutonomyChassis & MobilityTerrain PerceptionAutonomous Mission
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04CORE-A
CORE Air
UAVs, VTOL, mission computers and autonomous aerial operations.
UAV · VTOL · MissionFlight DynamicsAvionicsGuidance & Mission
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05CORE-I
CORE Industrial
AMRs, heavy machinery, agriculture, mining and factory autonomy.
AMR · Factory · FieldAMR & LocalizationSafe ControlFactory Integration
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06CORE-SP
CORE Space
CubeSats, payloads, ground segment and space systems engineering.
CubeSat · Payload · GSPayloadCommunicationsGround Station
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07CORE-R
CORE Rocket
High-altitude systems, avionics, propulsion, simulation and flight systems.
Flight · Avionics · PropulsionFlight ModelingAvionics & TelemetryPropulsion & Recovery
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SHARED SERVICE TEAMS
Knowledge never gets trapped inside one vehicle.
Systems, Embedded and Ops form a reusable engineering backbone shared by every team from Marine to Rocket.
SYS
CORE Systems
Runtime, autonomy, decision-making, navigation and shared software infrastructure.
Autonomy RuntimeNavigation & DecisionSDK & Shared APIsSimulation
OPEN TEAM →EMB
CORE Embedded
Boards, MCUs, sensors, actuators, power and embedded test infrastructure.
Custom BoardsMCU FirmwarePower ArchitectureHardware Validation
OPEN TEAM →OPS
CORE Ops
Ground stations, telemetry, mission tracking and field operations.
Ground StationTelemetryMission ControlField Operations
OPEN TEAM →CLUB STRUCTURE
Member → team → shared service → project → field.
A student at CORE is not trapped in one box. Problems inside a vehicle team cross into Systems, Embedded, Ops or Research whenever needed.
STUDENT PATH
How does a student work inside CORE?
Own a problem
Navigation, power, mechanics, perception, communications or mission logic.
Cross shared services
Systems, Embedded and Ops attack the same problem from different layers.
Validate in the field
A system is not done until it survives real conditions.
Leave knowledge behind
Code, drawings, test results and reports remain with the organization.
STUDENT-RUN / YTÜ CORE
SEE THE STUDENT PATH →Not sure where you would start? That is completely fine.
The join page explains how an interest turns into a real CORE responsibility.