The wheeled robot laboratory team of the Department of Electronic Engineering, STUST, recently participated in the 2023 Computer Mouse and Smart Wheeled Robot Domestic and International Competition, which was hosted by the Ministry of Education. For four consecutive years, the team has won the first and second places in the University Classical Computer Mouse Maze Group. This year they won a double champions in the University Cabled Mouse Maze Group. They will represent Taiwan in the world's most advanced student computer mouse maze competition in Japan.

【The team from the Department of Electronics of STUST won the first and second place of the Classical Computer Mouse Maze Contest in the 19th Computer Mouse and Intelligent Wheel Robot Domestic and International Competition.】

The wheeled robot team of the Department of Electronic Engineering of STUST, guided by Prof. Jing Li, Zhao-tang Yu, Wen-zhe Shie, and Jun-hong Yang. They participated in the Classical Computer Maze and Cabled Maze Rat competitions every year, and continue to achieve excellent results, becoming a major player in the school. This year the participating students, including Jun-en Chiu, Guang-shiang Liao, Zhi-yang Chen, and Zheng-huan Jiang, won the first place and second place respectively in the college group of Classical Computer Maze Contest. On the other hand, Rui-ying Wan and Hui-yan Lin won the Cabled Maze Rat Contest, standing out from the college group of the competition and won the first place. This achievement demonstrated the outstanding strength and efforts of STUST.

【Rui-ying Wan and Hui-yan Lin from the Department of Electronic Engineering, STUST, won the first place in the college group of Cabled Maze Mouse Contest of the 19th Computer Mouse and Intelligent Wheel Robot Domestic and International Competition.】

The Department of Electronic Engineering, STUST, received the first phase (2019-2023) grant from the Ministry of Education’s for "New Engineering Education Method Experimentation and Construction Project" in 2019, and recently received the second phase (2023-2027). It was recommended to establish a special class based on the "barrel-style innovative engineering practice" and to add the teaching concepts of "hands-on" and "learning by doing." The curriculum is designed to cultivate students' practical core abilities to solve "real-life engineering problems." Five of The award-winning students this time came from the special class, which has clearly shown the results of the planning.

Jun-hong Yang, Assistant Professor of the Department of Electronic Engineering at STUST, said that participating in the "Classical Computer Mouse Maze" and "Cabled Maze Mouse" competitions can not only understand the structure and concepts of wheeled robots, but also cultivate students through thinking, learning, and hands-on practice altogether. Students' practical core ability to solve engineering problems can further enhance students' self-learning ability, technology development ability, and innovation ability. In the future, the team will represent Taiwan in the world-class wheeled robot competition to win glory for the country.

President Cheng-wen Wu of STUST said that STUST has always attached great importance to student project production. In addition to allowing students to understand the structure and concepts in theory, it also pays more attention to how to enable students to effectively apply these concepts to solve problems. This competition is of great help to cultivate students' system integration and implementation abilities. The results of this competition not only reflect the goals of the competition, sponsored by the Ministry of Education, but also encourage students from technical colleges to participate in international competitions and improve their professional implementation capabilities. It also cultivates professionals with an international perspective. Indeed, STUST's outstanding performance in the field of education has added luster to Taiwan's educational level and technological strength.