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“AHS ROV” from page 1 “This is an exceptional team, students have worked extremely hard to earn their place as the world champion ROV team,” he said “They dedicated hundreds of hours to design, build, organize and test their robot, with each person working both individually and as a team. They are dedicated, hard working, talented, kind, fun, and have learned to work together and trust each other.” Hundreds of aspiring engineers from around the globe arrived in Kingsport, Tennessee on the week on June 20-22, bringing with them robots designed to accomplish complex tasks underwater. Teams are judged on several categories; the most points are garnered by the ROVs’ capabilities. Each team’s technical report, sales presentation, and marketing display are also evaluated. Additional points are given for community outreach, which involves spreading interest in technology and awareness of environmental issues. Through a whirlwind three days of piloting, demonstrating, and presenting, the Aptos team won both ROV speed and ability (i.e. “product demonstration”) and marketing display categories, placing them first overall against 45 teams from 19 different countries, including Newfoundland, Egypt, India and Japan. The second place team was from the
The Aptos High School MATE ROV Team — Back Row (from left): Christopher Whaley, Johan Govaars, Cameron Barrett, Carter Bond, Caleb Broxton and Amelia Lovell. Front Row (from left): Jordan Chin, Sun Woo Da Costa, Katherine Walton, Jacob Sandler, Keegan Martin and Jamie Walton. Center of Robotics Development in Vladivostok, Russia. ROV team member Johan Govaars says, “the international competition is so much fun because you get to see how other teams approached the same problem.” Katherine Walton added, “We talk to people from around the world with completely different backgrounds and solutions.” Teams qualify for the international competition by winning in their region. The Northern California regional competition this year was held at Watsonville High on May 11, 2019. After the AHS
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team’s regional victory, they worked to improve the reliability of their design. Team member Sun Woo Da Costa explained, “The many complex parts mean that the odds of something failing during the competition is large.” “Almost every component takes several attempts before it works the way we want it to, so when it finally does, it feels so amazing,” teammate Amelia Lovell added. The team’s latest robot, Argo VI, solves simulated tasks that real ROVs perform in oceans and lakes, from restoring a broken dam to recovering sunken artifacts.