HKUST ROV Team Bags Championship in 10th Hong Kong/Asia Regional IET/MATE Underwater Robot Challenge
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 at Tseung Kwan O Swimming Pool and will represent 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 different teams from Hong Kong, China, Indonesia and Malaysia and have once again earned the 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 went 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 Arctic”. The qualifiers from 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 high appreciation from the organizing committee.
