Four Arab countries including Saudi Arabia participate in Saudi Arabia participate in MATE international ROV competition held in America.
Competing more than 85teams, Egypt from all over the world, Tunisia, UAE and Saudi Arabiaparticipated in the international finals of MATE international ROV competition heldin America.
The international finalswere held from 20 to 22 June in Tennessee to determine the teams that won thefirst positions in this global competition.
For the first time, teamsfrom the UAE and Tunisia have qualified for the international finals, inpreparation for the next year's competition in all parts of the UAE with thesupport and sponsorship of the Ministry of Education and in the Republic ofTunisia in cooperation with the Ministry of Education as well.
Eng. Mohammad Abboud, General Supervisor of the Arab Competition, said in apress release on Sunday that this competition is the only one of its kind inthe field of marine robots, which is organized in the Arab world and isdirectly linked to many important strategic industries such as oil and gasindustry and marine services.
Dr. Osama Ismail, head of the Arab and Egyptian competition, and the dean ofthe marine information center, pointed out that the sub-rover competition isone of the most important international competitions that are concerned withthe development of marine technologies. It has been held for more than 17 yearsand is organized by the Center for Marine Science and Technology (CMAST)every year in the United States, in cooperation with NSF International, NASA,and major US universities and research institutions.
The competition aims to provide the contestants and participants with many newskills and technologies related to the manufacture, design, and development of sub-roversas well as the necessary scientific and technical experiences for the labormarket associated with these new technologies.
The international finals of the competition last year were held in Seattlewhere the Egyptian two teams (Fortex) and (M.I.A) won the first and third ranksin the world, beating more than 45 teams from America, Russia, England, Canada,China, India and other countries.
