On 25th May (Wednesday), SEG organized the 3rd Underwater Robotic Olympiad 2011 for 300 secondary school students.
The highlights of the event were:
- TV Media coverage, newspaper coverage and interviews of RP staff and secondary school students in English, Malay and Tamil
- Full turn up of more than 300 students from 40 secondary schools
- Successful completion of special task by the secondary school students
Winners:
Champion - Loyang Secondary School's robot emerged first in the underwater race, with a time of 38.14 seconds
1st runner up - St Andrew's Secondary School at 39.21 seconds
2nd runner up - Green View Secondary School at 44.46 seconds
Channel NewsAsia, 25 May 2011
Students take part in Underwater Robotics Olympiad
SINGAPORE: Sixty teams from 40 schools gathered at the Republic Polytechnic on Wednesday to learn how to build robots from scratch and race them - in this year's Underwater Robotics Olympiad.
About 60 teams of students had a chance to see their self-made robots race one another at the school's 25-metre pool.
Loyang Secondary School's robot emerged first in the underwater race, with a time of 38.14 seconds, followed by St Andrew's Secondary School at 39.21 seconds and Green View Secondary School at 44.46 seconds.
Some of the items students used to put their robots together included Tupperware containers, motors, paper cups and propellers.
Students had earlier been given a special mission - to manoeuvre their robots through a hole-plugging trial.
Anderson Secondary School won the award for successfully plugging its robot through the hole in the water tank in a record time of 30 seconds.
Apart from putting the students' creativity to the test, the special task is ideally geared towards preparation for natural disasters such as the recent Japan nuclear crisis, as robots can gain access to areas that humans cannot.
About 60 teams of students had a chance to see their self-made robots race one another at the school's 25-metre pool.
Loyang Secondary School's robot emerged first in the underwater race, with a time of 38.14 seconds, followed by St Andrew's Secondary School at 39.21 seconds and Green View Secondary School at 44.46 seconds.
Some of the items students used to put their robots together included Tupperware containers, motors, paper cups and propellers.
Students had earlier been given a special mission - to manoeuvre their robots through a hole-plugging trial.
Anderson Secondary School won the award for successfully plugging its robot through the hole in the water tank in a record time of 30 seconds.
Apart from putting the students' creativity to the test, the special task is ideally geared towards preparation for natural disasters such as the recent Japan nuclear crisis, as robots can gain access to areas that humans cannot.
Other News:
Broadcasts
Underwater Robotics Olympiad 2011 (25 May 2011)
Channel 5 News – mms://media.rp.sg/PublicVideo/8025.wmv
Channel 8 News – mms://media.rp.sg/PublicVideo/8026.wmv
Channel U News – mms://media.rp.sg/PublicVideo/8027.wmv
Vasantham Central News – mms://media.rp.sg/PublicVideo/8030.wmv