IET/MATE Hong Kong Underwater Robot Challenge 2014
We would like to invite you to cover the following event:
Event: IET/MATE Hong Kong Underwater Robot Challenge 2014
Date: 13 April 2014 (Sunday)
Time: 8:30 am – 4:30 pm (Contest)
5:00 pm – 5:30 pm (Media interview)
5:30 pm – 6:00 pm (Award Presentation Ceremony)
Venue: Swimming Pool, City University of Hong Kong
The College of Science and Engineering at City University of Hong Kong (CityU), The Institution of Engineering and Technology Hong Kong (IET HK), The Marine Advanced Technology Education (MATE) Centre, and other organisations will jointly organise the annual “IET/MATE Hong Kong Underwater Robot Challenge”.
The theme for this year’s competition is “Exploring the Great Lakes: Shipwrecks, Sinkholes, and Conservation in the Thunder Bay National Marine Sanctuary”. The underwater robots designed by the participants will have to perform a variety of simulated missions, such as exploring, documenting and identifying a shipwreck recently discovered in protected waters; collecting microbial samples and measuring the conductivity of the groundwater emerging from a sinkhole; and removing trash and debris from the shipwreck and surrounding area.
Thirty-five teams from 27 secondary schools and universities in Hong Kong, mainland China, Macau, Singapore and Indonesia are participating in the competition this year. The winners will participate in the “2014 MATE International ROV Competition” in Michigan, US in June 2014.
Media enquiries: Mavis Wong, Communications and Public Relations Office (Tel: 3442 6121 or 6126 4449)