A team of postgraduate students from the\nSensor-based Cooperative Robotics Laboratory (SCORE Lab), Faculty of Science\nand Technology (FST), University of Macau (UM), recently received a first prize\nin the first Zhuhai Wanshan International Intelligent Vessel Competition. During\nthe event, the UM team beat ten teams with its autonomous navigation technology\nfor unmanned surface vessels (USVs).<\/p>
The competition received applications from more\nthan 20 universities and research institutes in different countries, including\nthe United States, Singapore, and India. Because of the COVID-19 outbreak, the organiser\neventually shortlisted 11 outstanding teams from institutions in China,\nincluding Dalian University of Technology, Southeast University, Huazhong\nUniversity of Science and Technology, Shanghai Jiaotong University, Shenyang\nInstitute of Automation from the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuyi University,\nOcean University of China, Sun Yat-sen University, Dalian Ocean University, Wuhan\nUniversity of Technology, and UM.<\/p>
All participating teams were required to use a\nunified intelligent boat platform to complete certain tasks, including\nautonomous navigation, intelligent obstacle avoidance, target recognition,\nparking, as well as emergency rescue at sea. In one of the tasks, the vessel needed\nto pass through five waypoints arranged in an M-shaped path. Under the guidance\nof Prof Carlos Silvestre, and the leadership of Dr Joel Reis, PhD students Yu\nGan and Xie Wei developed a motion control application for autonomous\nnavigation of a USV. The strategy engineered by the UM team surpassed all other\nparticipating teams in terms of tracking accuracy. During the awards ceremony,\ntheir performance was praised by head of the competition\u2019s software department,\nwho remarked that the accuracy of the USV of the UM team was unprecedented.<\/p>
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The Zhuhai Wanshan International Intelligent Vessel\nCompetition was jointly held by Southern Marine Science and Engineering\nGuangdong Laboratory (Zhuhai) and Zhuhai Wanshan Marine Testing Field under the\nguidance of China Classification Society and Guangdong Provincial Association\nfor Science and Technology, with assistance from Sun Yat-Sen University, Hong\nKong University of Science and Technology, UM, and Wuhan University of\nTechnology. <\/p>
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Source: Faculty of Science and Technology<\/p>
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Media Contact Information:Communications Office, University of Macau<\/p>
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Albee Lei Tel\uff1a(853) 88228004Judite Lam Tel\uff1a(853) 88228022Email\uff1aprs.media@um.edu.mo<\/p>
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