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HKUST Robocon Team Won 1st & 2nd Runner-Up in Robocon 2016 Hong Kong Contest

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HKUST Robocon Team “The Fiery Dragon” team and “The War Dragon” team of HKUST Robotics Team won the 1st and the 2nd Runner-up in the Robocon 2016 Hong Kong Contest respectively.

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The ABU Robocon is a robotics contest held across Asia-Pacific where university students inside the region compete to perform given tasks within the time limit. Each year, the contest has a different set of rules. A general format over the years requires each team to make two robots. The theme for Robocon 2016 is “Clean Energy Recharging the World”. Each team consists of two robots: one Eco Robot and one Hybrid Robot. Eco Robot does not have an actuator to drive itself. The driving force of Eco Robot is obtained indirectly from Hybrid Robot; for example, wind force, magnetic force, etc., or from the game field structure, gravity force, etc.

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This year, both “The Fiery Dragon” team and “The War Dragon” team underwent a very tough situation physically and psychological. In this furious, competitive and exciting Robocon 2016, yet through both teams calmly overcame all the technical challenges on site, HKUST Robotics Team still manage to win the 1st and the 2nd Runner-up. A tough lesson learned the hard way by the Team this year. “There is no stability without solidarity and no solidarity without stability” by Jose Manuel Barroso. Without doubt the Team will return even stronger and better in 2017.

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Engineering students are encouraged to take part in a variety of external competitions such as the Robocon Hong Kong Contest outside their regular curriculum, where they can apply what they learn, develop skills in various aspects, and widen their global perspectives. One such popular external competition is the Robocon Hong Kong Contest since 2004. To benefit more students from the new learning experience, the Robocon Team, now called the HKUST Robotics Team, has been expanded in 2010. The Robotics Team members will represent the HKUST to participate in major events namely the Robocon Contest, the Remotely Operated Vehicles (ROV) competition, the Smart Car Competition and the NAO RoboCup. Besides robotics competition, the Robotics team would like to encourage students to explore in other areas. We have also taken part in various of presentation competitions and entrepreneur competitions in order to encourage students to become excellent leaders.
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