![]() Two teams from Universiti Teknologi Malaysia (UTM) were declared as the Champion and 1st Runner Up at National Instruments Autonomous Robotics Competition 2019 (NIARC) held at Universiti Sains Malaysia (USM) Nibong Tebal branch campus. The 2019 theme was “Planet Exploration – Mars Exploration Program”, whereby students were required to design and program the hardware to gather specific materials for research, both autonomously and manually in a specific duration – to determine if Mars could support life, to study the geology of the planet and to help prepare for human exploration. “In this year’s competition has witnessed 11 teams of students from five local institutions of higher learning (IHL) namely UTM, USM, Universiti Putra Malaysia (UPM), Universiti Malaysia Pahang (UMP) and Penang Skills Development Centre (PSDC). UTM sent two teams from Faculty of Engineering namely UTM Airost Team X and Airost Team Y supervised by Assoc. Prof. Dr Yeong Che Fai and Assoc. Prof. Dr Eileen Su Lee Ming respectively. The students were from the School of Electrical Engineering and the School of Mechanical Engineering. 1) Chia Ching Seng (Mechatronics Engineering 3rd Year) 1) Maximilian Fam Khiung Vui (Mechatronics Engineering 3rd Year) It was a nerve-wracking competition with all teams fighting for the top positions. Both UTM teams were fortunate to be able to secure the top two places. With the ease of the NI platform, both UTM teams managed to focus on developing the application with a high level of complexity including PID and Image Processing. “The students really benefited from this program in learning about robotics and technology in a very short time. I hope this program will continue every year and other industry can emulate the similar program”, said Dr Yeong. ![]() Both UTM Airost Team X and Team Y with their trophies and mock cheques. ![]() UTM Airost Team Y was competing with opponent on the NIARC game field. ![]() One of the tense moment during UTM Airost Team X match ![]() 1st Place Award presented to UTM Airost Team X by YB Dato’ Ir Dr Abdul Rahman (USM Deputy Vice-Chancelor), Mr Rajesh Purushothaman (Vice Precident for APAC Manufacturing, NI) and Azian Wahad (Academic Relation Manager, NI) ![]() 1st Runner Up Award presented to UTM Airost Team Y by YB Dato’ Ir Dr Abdul Rahman (USM Deputy Vice-Chancelor), Mr Rajesh Purushothaman (Vice Precident for APAC Manufacturing, NI) and Azian Wahad (Academic Relation Manager, NI) ![]() NIARC 2019 Group Photo |
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