Mac RoboMasters to compete in Robotics Competition in Shenzhen, China

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On July 24th, the Mac RoboMaster team will be flying to Shenzhen, China to compete in their first RoboMaster Robotics Competition. 

The team of undergraduate students have been preparing for the competition since January. In only a few months, they built and optimized a squad of five robots designed to perform various tasks in an arena. 

With the glory of being named “RoboMaster” and more than $600,000 in prize money up for grabs, the competition is fierce. In the arena-battle style competition, teams must navigate a battlefield to find and launch projectiles at their opponents. 

“This opportunity means we are able to shine on a world’s stage representing McMaster University,” says Jarvis Wang, the team’s PR Manager. “As the newest team, it is remarkable for us to have achieved such a goal.”

The annual competition will bring together more than 170 teams from across the globe, including 24 from North America. McMaster is one of four Canadian universities participating in the competition.