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The Columbia Press
May 20, 2022
ROV: High school
team heads to
world event
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neering, art, math, and prob-
lem-solving skills in order to
complete the challenges suc-
cessfully.
One part of the competition is
to design and build an under-
water robot from scratch, then
perform a number of missions
in the pool with said robots.
A second part of the compe-
tition is to research and write
about the three themes, all
centered around current glob-
al issues. It requires us to put
together a marketing poster
and a technical document.
The third part of the com-
petition requires us to create
a 15-minute engineering pre-
sentation that describes ev-
erything we’ve created and
present it to engineers who
will judge our work. We’ll also
receive points for media and
community outreach, which
encourages spreading the
word and volunteering in the
community.
We have worked hard to vol-
unteer our time to teach the
middle school teams about
ROVs, electricity, soldering,
and running tests to create
data for decisions they’ll need
to make.
This year, the competition
theme is the United Nations
Decade of the Ocean. Com-
petitors dealt with challenges
based on offshore renewable
energy systems, Antarctica
then and now, the Endurance
shipwreck, and blue carbon
and aquaculture.
Examples of the challenges
include inspecting and repair-
ing holes in a fish net, planting
and pruning seagrass, and fix-
ing underwater power cables
to offshore windmills.
Challenges in the world
championships will take place
in the Long Beach Communi-
ty College pool. In addition,
teams must create a technical
document for their vehicle, a
marketing poster, and an engi-
neering presentation to a pan-
el of judges.