Beijing, 1st May 2023 (BISTU)--- G_Robot, a BISTU team of ROV composed of faculties and Students from School of Automation, won the silver medal and became qualified for the finals in 2023 MATE ROV Competition China held in Sanya of Hainan. The session attracted 6 teams from universities like Xi’an Jiaotong University and Hangzhou Dianzi University.  

MATE（The Marine Advanced Technology Education Center）was a non-profit organization sponsored by National Science Foundation of America. It was aimed at promoting marine technology education. MATE ROV International Competition was a top competition in the field of remotely operated vehicle and it has been organized for 20 successive sessions. The MATE was divided into five levels, i.e., Explorer, Pioneer, Ranger, Navigator, and Scout with Explorer as the highest level. Each year around 20 teams, i.e., winners of various regions around the world, would attend the finals held in the USA. With joint efforts of China ROV League and China Simulation Federation, China Mainland session was established and the first venue-based competition was held in 2023.  

Team member answering questions raised by judges  

Based on clear rules, MATE would set up missions according to the latest hot marine topics and then requested teams to design ROVs targeted at specific missions. As a highly competitive platform, it had pretty high requirements on team members in respect of reading English documents, on-the-spot defense, and team collaboration. During covid-19 pandemic, MATE opened Telepresence for teams. G_Robot attended the 2022 competition despite of barriers from pandemic containment and finally ranks the 2nd of Mainland and the 6th in the global session.  

G_Robot ROV in mission  

The 15 team members of G-Robot were mainly composed of 2021 students, with Guan Zichun as CEO, Wang Haoqi, Li Zaiyang and Liu Shufan as CTO, He Yunkai as CFO, and three faculties, i.e., Wang Yang, Li Yue, and Li Fang as supervisors. All team members fulfilled their potential, prepared fully for the competition, and designed corresponding part for specific missions such as maintenance of marine green energy equipment, coral disease control and prevention, species conservation in inland waters, etc. Their outstanding performance was shown in security check, English oral defense, and on-the-spot presence. And finally, the Team become one of the two winners qualified for the finals in the Mainland Section.