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Follow on Google News | Far Eastern Federal University Team to Participate in International Underwater Robotics CompetitionThe team from Russian city Vladivostok will take part in Marine Advanced Technology Education (MATE) Center's 12th Annual International Student ROV Competition, which will be held in USA (Tacoma, Washington) from 20-22 June.
By: Press service Each year this competition helps students to improve their skills in different areas: science, technology, engineering, programming, and math, - to solve real problems arising in the World Ocean. This year, the contest focuses on ocean observing systems and the role that ROVs play in the installation, operation, and maintenance of cabled underwater observatories. Ocean observing systems are high-tech systems collecting information about what is happening in the ocean 24 hours a day. Meteorologists have used data from sensors to monitor and predict weather for the past two decades. Ocean observing systems provide important information on climate (e.g., long-term weather forecasts), sea level change, ocean hazards such as tsunamis and toxic algal blooms, and much more. Teams will participate in underwater mission tasks, piloting their ROV to install a simulated power and communications "hub" and scientific instruments on the seafloor in order to complete an ocean observatory. They will also remove biofouling organisms from instruments and perform maintenance on moorings, among other tasks. In addition, teams must prepare an engineering report, make a presentation to a panel of judges, and create a poster display. This is the sixth year that FEFU (Vladivostok) For more information about the team, please contact Head of the team Sergey Mun at moun@list.ru. For more information about the ROV Competition, please contact Caroline Brown at (401) 338-89-80, caroline@carolinebrown.com. End
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