We are an ambitious interdisciplinary team of 19 students from the University of Sheffield from various departments such as Automatic Control and System Engineering, EEE , Mechanical Engineering and Aerospace Engineering, as well as Computer Science. Through participation at the 2017 and 2018 MATE ROV competitions within Long Beach, California, U.S.A. and Seattle, Washington, U.S.A. respectively, Avalon has become the first ever team from England to qualify to this prestigious competition.