CityU Underwater Robotics Team has ranked the fourth at 2023 MATE ROV World Championship held on 20 – 24 June 2023 at St Vrain Valley School District, Longmont, Colorado, US. The CityU team has participated in this competition since 2016 and the result achieved this year is the best ever. There were 23 teams from all over the world advancing to the world final to compete in the EXPLORE class.
The team, comprising 7 EE students and 2 students from the Department of Computer Science and School of Data Science, is supervised by Prof Ray Cheung (Professor, EE) and Prof Pakpong Chirarattananon (Associate Professor, BME).
| Team Members | Department/ Year of Study |
| Li En Yee Ian (Team Leader) | EE, Year 3 |
| Chan Ho Yan | EE, Year 4 |
| Guo Yicheng | EE, Year 3 |
| Lau Ka Pik Sabrina | EE, Year 1 |
| Lam Ting Kwan | EE, Year 3 |
| Sit Yan Tung | EE, Year 1 |
| Wei Mau Chun | EE, Year 2 |
| Cheung Wai San | CS, Year 2 |
| Siu Nok Man | SDSC, Year 1 |
The EXPLORER class is at an advanced level for universities, colleges and high schools that have previously participated in the competition. Participants are required to perform as entrepreneurs that manufacture, market, and sell products. In addition to engineering their remotely operated vehicles (ROVs), participants have to deliver technical reports, poster displays, and engineering presentations to professionals who are judges of the competition. Teams also have to perform a product demonstration to show how their ROVs work as presented.
You may check here for more information about the competition.