The results of the 17th Computer Mouse and Smart Wheel Robot Domestic and International Competition in2021, sponsored by the Ministry of Education, recently announced its winners. This year, there were 321 contestants and instructors from 82 teams of 17 universities participating in the competition. The wheeled robotics laboratory of the Department of Electronics of STUST won the first and second places in the "Classical Computer Mouse Maze" competition for two consecutive years, fully demonstrating the great strength of the STUST. The student team will also participate in following competition as a representative of Taiwan in the computer mouse competition to be held in Japan, the United States, Portugal, and other countries. They will continue to shine in the world-class competition arena.
[Zhi-Yang Chen (first from right) and Yu-Lun Chen (second from right), students of the Department of Electronic Engineering of STUST, won the first and second prizes in the College Group of the Classical Computer Mouse Maze Competition.]
In recent years, the Internet of Things, 5G, artificial intelligence and other technologies have boomed, coupled with the arrival of the post-epidemic era, and have also led to the outbreak of various zero-touch business opportunities. In order to reduce manpower and maintain social distance, manufacturers have deployed autonomous unmanned vehicles. (AGV), autonomous mobile robot (AMR), robotic arm, and many other devices. The above-mentioned devices need technology similar to the that required by computer mouse design, including mechanism design, electronic circuit design, wiring and noise prevention, photoelectric integration, and electric motors in many different engineering fields, such as control and software programming algorithms. The professional knowledge acquired by students from computer mice will be closer to industrial applications.
[Team members of the Department of Electronic Engineering of STUST—Zhi-Yang Chen (left), Shin-Chang Wu (middle), and Yu-Lun Chen (right),--were participating in the computer mouse competition.]
Computer mouse teaching and research is a major feature of the Department of Electronic Engineering, STUST. It participates in the Classical Computer Mouse Maze and Line Maze Mouse Competitions every year. The computer mouse team of STUST, under the guidance of Prof. Jing Li, Prof. Zhao-Tang Yu, Prof. Wen-Zhe Shie and Prof. Jun-Hong Yang, showed dazzling results against powerful enemies. Students Zhi-Yang Chen and Yu-Lun Chen won the first and second prizes of the College Group in the Classical Computer Mouse Maze Competition.
[A Group photo of the teachers and students of the computer mouse team from the Department of Electronic Engineering, STUST.]
The Department of Electronic Engineering, STUST, has always attached great importance to interdisciplinary learning. Students participated in the production of Classical Computer Mouse Maze and Line Maze Mouse Competitions. The educational concept of "Learning by Doing" is used to enable students to understand the structure and concept of computer mice. Through the joint thinking, learning, and hands-on practice of the teachers and students, students can cultivate their core practical ability to solve problems of engineering,and enhance their abilities of self-learning, technological development and innovation. Through high-intensity domestic and foreign competitions, the department can strengthened students’ on-the-spot reaction and stress resistance.
Deng-Maw Lu, President of STUST, said that STUST has been investing resources to allow students to participate in competitions at home and abroad to keep up with the world. The fact that students Zhi-Yang Chen and Yu-Lun Chen could win the first and second prizes has fully demonstrated the strength of STUST in this year’s Classical Computer Mouse Maze Competition. They represent Taiwan in the world-class computer mouse competition held by Japan, the United States, Portugal and other countries, continuing to win glory for the country.