The KILIÇ autonomous vessel under way at sea

Engineering students from Alanya Alaaddin Keykubat University designing, building and launching our own autonomous vessel.

Alanya 36°32′N 31°59′E
Trondheim · NJORD 2026 63°26′N 10°24′E

A boat that makes its own decisions at sea.

ZeroneTech is a multidisciplinary engineering and design team at Alanya Alaaddin Keykubat University (ALKÜ), developing unmanned maritime systems. We bring artificial intelligence, autonomous control, electronics and mechanical design together in one platform.

Our KILIÇ autonomous surface vessel placed 4th in Türkiye and won the Best Design Award at TEKNOFEST 2025. In 2026 we represented Türkiye at NJORD – The Autonomous Ship Challenge in Trondheim, Norway, and won the Best User Interface Award. The same year we finished 3rd in Türkiye at TEKNOFEST 2026.

Team Photo

KILIÇ

An autonomous surface vessel designed by our team, from the hull to the software.

ZeroneTech Kılıç – Version 2

Kılıç Version 2 delivers higher performance with its optimized hull form and improved stability structure. Thanks to its redesigned internal layout and modular architecture, it is suitable for autonomous missions and field operations.

Year
2025
Type
Autonomous surface vessel
Control
Autonomous and remote
ZeroneTech Kılıç – Version 2

  1. Perception

    Fuses camera and sensor data to recognise buoys, obstacles and the course ahead.

  2. Decision and control

    Mission logic, path planning and closed-loop control for navigation without a human at the helm.

  3. Safety

    Emergency stop, remote override and robust mechanics treated as design inputs from day one.

Team Introduction

The people who build the boat.

A multidisciplinary crew across electronics, software and mechanical engineering.

Crew12

Advisors and mentors04

This boat is on the water because of them.

Interested in supporting us?

Let’s go further together.

Write to us about sponsorship, collaboration or technical questions.

team.zeronetech@gmail.com

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