Technical Sponsor


IET Hong Kong Branch
4th Hong Kong Underwater
Robot Challenge 2009

Hong Kong Regional of the MATE  International ROV Competition

ROVs:  The Next Generation of Submarine Rescue Vehicles
rganising Sponsor
Technical Co-sponsor


IEEE Hong Kong Section Robotics and Automation/Control Systems Joint Chapter

Rules and regulations/Technical specifications

Information on the 2009 MATE International ROV Competition

 

To see photos of the workshops please click this link



The  Marine Advanced  Technology  Education (MATE)  Centre  (located  in  California,  USA),  in association  with the  Marine Technology Society's  ROV Committee,  has  been  organising  the International Remote Operated Vehicle Contest  for the past seven years.  For  the  2009 contest,  the Department of Electronic Engineering at CityU is organising and hosting the Hong Kong regional contest - the fourth since 2005. This is aimed at school, college and university  students. Depending on sponsorship, the winners in Hong Kong will go to the World Finals in USA in June 2009.

In addition to being fun and educational, these competitions connect  students  and  educators with professionals from marine industries, and those involved with marine conservation, as well as  to promote the development of technical, problem  solving,  critical thinking, and teamwork skills.

Schools teams will be invited to take part in workshops at CityU where they will be given a free ROV kit, shown how to design and construct it, and which can then be used as the basis for the contest ROV.

So far 41 schools have taken part in the event in Hong Kong, with over 200 each year around the world. It is planned to take successful applicant teams to the WWF Marine Life Centre at Hoi Ha Wan so that they can be introduced to the marine environment in Hong Kong and relate this to the work on the ROVs.

We have winners!!!

Results of the 4th Hong Kong Underwater Robot Challenege 2009 held 11-12 April 2009

School
 Mission 1 Mission 2 Highest mission Eng Eval Tech Rpt Poster Tech
total		 Total

300 + Time 300+ Time 300 80 80 40 200 500+
Caritas Chong Yuet Ming Secondary School     40   40 67 50 25 142 182
Carmel Divine Grace Foundation Secondary School (Omega 3) 20       20 67 75 27 168 188
Carmel Divine Grace Foundation Secondary School (UDO) 15   15   15 58 64 24 146 161
Chinese International School 15   24   24 50 64 29 143 167
CMA Secondary School  20   38   38 65 29 22 116 154
Heung To Middle School 60   95   95 51 25 13 89 184
Hoi Ping Chamber of Commerce Secondary School 20   22   22 55 58 28 141 163
Holy Carpenter Secondary School Withdrawn   46      
Kwok Tak Seng Catholic Secondary School 188   101   188 57 68 32 157 345 1st
CCC Hoh Fuk Tong College   Withdrawn
Maryknoll Fathers' School 40   36   40 73 62 29 164 204 3rd
Po Leung Kuk Ngan Po Ling College 45   50   50 55 72 24 151 201
Renaissance College 15   20   20 48 66 34 148 168
Shau Kei Wan Government Secondary School  15   115   115 74 56 35 165 280 2nd
SKH Bishop  Mok Sau Tseng Secondary School 15       15 50 60 16 126 141
SFTA Tam Pak Yu College 80   36   80 43 46 17 106 186
Sung Lan Middle School 20   30   30 64 63 24 151 181
Tsang Pik Shan Secondary School 22   26   26 59 51 29 139 165
TWGHs Lee Ching Dea Memorial College 0       0 39 66 22 127 127


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