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HKUST team bags Championship in 10th HK/Asia IET/MATE Underwater Robot Challenge

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The HKUST ROV team which consists of 15 students (10 SENG, 2 SSCI, 1 SBM and 2 Dual Degree) has once again secured the Championship in the Explorer Class of the 10th Hong Kong/Asia Regional IET/MATE Underwater Robot Challenge held on 18-19 April 2015 in Tsueng Kwan O Swimming Pool and will be representing Hong Kong in the 2015 MATE International ROV Competition to be held from 25-27 June 2015 in St. John’s, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.


The team is supervised by Prof. Tim WOO and achieved its amazing outcome after having a design that focused on increasing the speed and compactness. In this regional competition, they topped the mission runs, bested against different teams from Hong Kong, China, Indonesia and Malaysia and has once again earned the rightful title of Hong Kong Champions in the Explorer Class. In addition, 5 teams including junior students and students with special education needs from HKUST Underwater Robot Competition were nominated in joining the Scout Class competition. They also got excellent results and swept top awards in the competition of Scout Class. 

A sincere appreciation to RS Components for sponsoring the high quality electronic components and professional equipment. RS Components has been sponsoring the HKUST Robotics Team for 5 consecutive years.

The International ROV Competition has been organized by the Marine Advanced Technology Education (MATE) for the past thirteen years in association with the Marine Technology Society's ROV Committee. This year, the competition is themed “Science and Industry in the Artic”. The qualifiers from the various regional competitions will be able to take part in the international competition in in St. John’s, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada in June 2015.

 

The Asian regional competition was organized by The Institution of Engineering and Technology, Hong Kong (IET HK), the largest overseas branch of the UK's largest professional engineering institution and also the world's largest professional engineer awarding body, and was co-organized with HKUST. More than 40 staff and students from The Center for Global & Community Engagement (GCE) and different schools provided an excellent volunteering service in supporting the event organization. They also received the highly appreciation from the organizing committee. 

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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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