The results of the 2022 Computer Mouse and Smart Wheeled Robot Domestic and International Competition, sponsored by the Ministry of Education, have been announced recently. STUST won the first and second places in the competition for the college group project, which once again demonstrated the strength of the STUST's teacher and student team. It is expected that in November this year, the team will represent Taiwan to participate in the All-Japan Student Computer Mouse Maze Competition.

【The "Wheeled Robot" teacher and student team of the Department of Electronic Engineering, STUST】

Engineering, STUST] The 18th Computer Mouse and Smart Wheel Robot Domestic and International Competition in 2022, sponsored by the Ministry of Education, originated from the implementation of the "Expanded Promotion for College Students to Participate in International Technology Competition" in 2005 by the Ministry of Education. Students from technical colleges and universities were encouraged to participate in the International Skills Competition, which selects winning students to participate in the international competition, so as to enhance the professional practical ability of technical college and university students and cultivate professionals with an international perspective.

【Guang-shiang Liao (1st from left), Hui-yan Lin (2nd from left), Shu-huan Liang (2nd from right), and En-song Chang (1st from right), students from the Department of Electronic Engineering, STUST, won the first and second places in the college group of the Classical Computer Mouse Walking Maze Contest.】

The wheeled robot team of the Department of Electronic Engineering of STUST, which has won awards in successive years, is directed by teachers Jing Li, Zhao-tang Yu, Wen-zhe Shie, and Jun-hong Yang. They participate in the "Classical Computer Maze Walking Maze" and "Line Mouse Maze" competitions every year. Excellent results have become a major feature of the school. This year the participating students—Guang-shiang Liao and Hui-yan Lin, and Shu-huan Liang and En-song Chang—respectively won the first and second places in the college group of the Classical Computer Mouse Walking Maze Contest. It was not easy. Participating students learned many engineering fields such as mechanism design, electronic circuit design and wiring and noise prevention, optoelectronic integration, motor control, software programming algorithm, etc. All the professional knowledge is also very close to the current autonomous guided vehicles (AGV), autonomous mobile robots (AMR), robotic arms, and other industrial application needs.

In 2018, the Department of Electronic Engineering, STUST, set up a special class—Hoop-type Innovative Engineering Practice— with a grant from the "New Engineering Education Method Experiment and Construction Program" by the Ministry of Education. The teaching philosophy and curriculum design are based on the training of students' practical core ability to solve real engineering problems. This time, the students from the special class of "Hoop-type Innovation Engineering Practice" participated in the Classical Computer Maze Walking Maze Contest and Line Maze Contest, not only to understand the structure and concept of wheeled robots, but also to think and learn through the joint thinking and learning of teachers and students. With hands-on practice, STUST will cultivate students' practical core ability to solve engineering problems and improve students' self-learning ability, technology development ability, and innovation ability.

Deng-maw Lu, President of STUST, said he was greatly delighted that STUST could achieve good results in the competition and represent the country to participate in international competitions. He must thank the professors and students for their efforts, and he hoped that STUST teams would win glory for the country in international competitions in the future. STUST has always attached great importance to students' project production. In addition to making students understand theoretical structures and concepts, STUST also pays more attention to how to help students effectively apply these concepts to solve problems. The computer mouse maze competition involves knowledge in many different engineering fields such as sensor application, artificial intelligence, automatic control, computer and machinery.