Technical Sponsors
IET Hong Kong Branch
IEEE Hong Kong Section Robotics and Automation/Control Systems Joint Chapter
Information on the 2012 MATE International ROV Competition
Reference material from the ROV workshops
Hong Kong Regional of the MATE International ROV Competition
Robotics Education Association
Oceanway Corp
8-9 April 2012
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 nine
years. This is aimed at school, college and
university students. Depending on sponsorship, the
winners in Hong Kong will go to the World Finals in
Florida, USA in June 2012.
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
where they will be given an ROV kit, shown how to design
and construct it, and which can then be used as the
basis for the contest ROV. We will also be running a
number of advanced workshops for those teams interested
in sensors, electronics and control of ROVs.
This year there will be a registration fee following
MATE Centre guidelines. This will be US$50 (HK$390) and
will be collected at registration. The ROV building
workshops will cost HK$1000 - and this will include the
costs of the ROV kit, book and registration fee. The ROV
workshops and the electronics workshops will not be
compulsory as in previous years.
This year we plan to hold SCOUT class demonstrations for lower secondary schools at the Regional Finals, and also some mini-ROV demonstrations for primary schools. Please contact us for further details.
So far 60 schools have taken part in the event in
Hong Kong, with over 300 schools taking part each year
around the world.
Contest Schedule
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Briefing session (for new
schools and
those wanting advance information on the missions) |
7 December 2011
Room P4703 Academic 1 City University of Hong Kong 10.30am - 12.00 noon - completed |
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Registration
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Workshops (half-day)
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Mid February 2012
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Advanced workshops
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Early March 2012
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Hong Kong Finals
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8-9 April 2012
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| SCOUT class demonstrations |
8 April 2012 |
| Mini-ROV demonstrations |
9 April 2012 |
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International Finals in
Miami, Florida, USA
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21-23 June 2012
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