Mech MASc. Candidate, Alicia Figueira, placed 3rd at AUTO21 TestDRIVE Competition
It is exciting to announce that UBC Mechanical Engineering MASc candidate, Alicia Figueira, was awarded third place at the AUTO21 TestDRIVE competition on December 2, 2014 receiving a $2,500 prize for presentation of her current AUTO21 sponsored research work directed towards mitigating whiplash injuries in low-speed, rear-end collisions. Alicia is currently an AUTO21 registered HQP […]
Robot cars sniff out ‘bombs’ in Mech 2 Design Competition
UBC students will showcase their engineering design talents in a robotic vehicle competition on Wednesday, January 28. Driverless, remotely controlled vehicles not much larger than a cereal box will navigate the playfield in search of magnetic devices representing buried unexploded bombs and land mines. The competition will take place over five rounds on increasingly challenging […]
UBC Sailbots will attempt a trans-Atlantic crossing
The UBC Sailbot Team, hoping to launch their first autonomous, transatlantic robotic sailboat, was recently featured in a Vancouver Sun article. Equipped with the latest in marine technology, from satellite navigation to thermal imaging, the 5.5-metre-long sailboat will make the more than 2,500-kilometre trek completely autonomously. Read more about their journey here: http://www.vancouversun.com/technology/hopes+robotic+sailboat+first+cross+Atlantic/10745954/story.html Image Source: […]