The "Wheel Robot" team from the Department of Electronic Engineering, STUST, recently represented Taiwan to participate in the 2022 All Japan Student Computer Mouse Maze Competition in Japan, organized by the Japan New Technology Promotion Foundation, winning the second and third places in the famous international competition and fully demonstrating the top strength of the teachers and students of STUST.

【The teachers and students of the wheel robot team from Department of Electronic Engineering won the second and third places in the Classical Computer Mouse Maze Walking Competition for all Japanese students (from left to right): Prof. Wen-zhe Shie, Zheng-huan Jiang, Zhi-yang Chen, Shu-huan Liang, and Prof. Jun-hong Yang were taking a group photo.】

The wheel robot team of the Department of Electronic Engineering, STUST, is advised by Prof. Jing Li, Prof. Zhao-tang Yu, Prof. Wen-zhe Shie, and Prof. Jun-hong Yang. They participated in the “Domestic and International Smart Wheel Robot Competitions, hosted by the Ministry of Education every year, particularly Classical Computer Mouse Maze Walking Competition and the Line Mouse Maze Competition. STUST has achieved good results, and the team has become a major feature of the school. This year, Zhi-yang Chen and Shu-huan Liang, students of the Department of Electronic Engineering of STUST, performed brilliantly in the All Japan Student Computer Mouse Maze Walking Competition and won the second and third places in the Classical Computer Mouse Maze Walking Competition. The excellent results once again demonstrated Taiwan's excellent strength in the design and production of computer mice. During the competition in Japan this time, Taiwanese students deeply felt the enthusiasm and dedication of many contestants in wheeled robots, including mechanism design, electronic circuit design, photoelectric integration, motor control, software program algorithm, and many other engineering fields. The Taiwanese students also took this opportunity to exchange and discuss their experience in computer mouse development with the Japanese winners, gaining a lot of knowledge and skills.

【Zhi-yang Chen (left), a student from the Department of Electronic Engineering of STUST, won the second place in the all-Japanese Student Classical Computer Mouse Maze Walking Competition.】

STUST has always spared no effort in innovative teaching. The Department of Electronic Engineering even received a subsidy from the Ministry of Education's "New Engineering Education Method Experiment and Construction Plan" over the years of 2010 - 2022, opening a special class of "Bucket Innovative Engineering Practice." The curriculum design focuses on cultivating students' practical core ability to solve real engineering problems. This time, two senior students from the special class of "Barrel Innovative Engineering Practice" participated in the Japanese Competition. The students have studied procedural programming, sensors, microcontroller applications, network communications and data for more than three years. It offers five courses and special topics, including analysis and management, and "classical computer mouse" as the graduation project, from which students are trained to solve system engineering practice integration problems, in line with the teaching philosophy of the project—"doing it" and "learning by doing." Meanwhile, STUST has made a lot of efforts on improving students' independent learning and thinking ability, laying a solid foundation for students' future development.

【STUST student Shu-huan Liang (left) won the third place in the all-Japanese Classical Computer Mouse Maze Walking Competition.】

STUST President Deng-maw Lu said that STUST has been continuously investing resources to allow students to participate in domestic and foreign competitions to connect with the world. This time STUST can achieve good results in international competitions, thanks to the mentoring professors and students. The school has always attached great importance to student project production. In addition to letting students understand the structure and concepts in theory, STUST also pays great attention to how to encourage students effectively apply these concepts to solving practical problems and getting enough training to enhance students' development potential and strengthen students' future development strength.

【Prof. Jun-hong Yang (1st from left) of the Department of Electronic Engineering, award-winning student, Shu-huan Liang (2nd from left), and Japanese contestants were exchanging and discussing development experience.】