Organizers

  • Department of Industrial Computing, Faculty of Information and Communication Technology (FTMK), UTeM
  • Center of Advanced Computing & Technologies (C-ACT)

Sponsor

  • IEEE RAS Malaysia Chapter

Date: 23 November 2016 (Wednesday)

Time: 8.00 AM – 5.00 PM

Venue: Dewan Seminar FTMK, Level 3

Event’s Brief Summary

  • Attended VIP: Prof. Dr. Burairah bin Hussin, Dean of FTMK, UTeM
  • Attendees: 51 participants, 40 staffs and students
  • IEEE Members: 15

On 23rd November 2016 (Wednesday) the “9th UTeM Roborace Challenge 2016” Competition was held. It was organized by the students & staffs from Department of Industrial Computing, Faculty of Information & Communication Technology (FTMK), Universiti Teknikal Malaysia Melaka (UTeM) in cooperation with the Center of Advanced Computing & Technologies (C-ACT). The event involved 51 participants from various institutions, namely Universiti Teknikal Malaysia Melaka (UTeM), Politeknik Merlimau Melaka (PMM) and International Islamic University Malaysia (IIUM).

The event began with the competition & rules briefings by the Contest Coordinator, Ms. Amalia Rahaina binti Mohamed Norazman to participants and judges. The competition involved 17 teams which are divided according to the match schedule. The competition starts with the Preliminary Stage, which consists of Round 1, Round 2 and Round 3.

The competition continued with the Final Stage which was won by The Reapers from the Faculty of Engineering Technology (FTK). Second place is team Sapphire (FTK), third place is the RoyalFlush (FTK) and at the fourth place is the team Triple A from the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering (FKM). The Al-Jazari Special Award was won by The 3 Jedi (FTMK).

The closing ceremony began with a welcoming speech by the Director of the programme Mr. Logeswaran A/L Rajasegaran. Then followed by a speech by the Chairperson, Dr. Abdul Syukor bin Mohamad Jaya. The program continued with an officiating speech by the Dean of FTMK, Professor Dr. Burairah bin Hussin to mark the closing
ceremony.

The event ended with a group photo session of participants and the Roborace committee together with the Dean of FTMK. The program ends promptly at 5:00 pm. It is hoped that this event can help produce participants, as well as committee members, who are motivated, confident and willing to engage in activities, hence attracting students to further pursue the fields of ICT and Robotics. The organizing committee wishes its utmost gratitude to the IEEE RAS Malaysia Chapter for sponsoring & supporting this event, and may this collaboration continue in future events.