{"id":21498,"date":"2013-12-17T08:44:55","date_gmt":"2013-12-17T18:44:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/?p=21498"},"modified":"2020-06-25T15:34:33","modified_gmt":"2020-06-26T01:34:33","slug":"team-hawaii-competes-in-nagoya-micro-robot-maze-competition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2013\/12\/17\/team-hawaii-competes-in-nagoya-micro-robot-maze-competition\/","title":{"rendered":"Team Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span> competes in Nagoya micro robot maze competition"},"content":{"rendered":"Reading time: <\/span> 2<\/span> minutes<\/span><\/span>
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Team Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Honolulu Community College<\/a> students competed in the 22nd Annual Nagoya Micro Robot Maze Competition<\/a> held at Nagoya University<\/a> in Japan in November. Competing as Team Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span> Robotics, led by advisor Assistant Professor Norman Takeya<\/strong>, students competed with students from different countries across Asia.<\/p>\n

The students were exposed to the Japanese culture, made new friends with international students, and experienced competing on a world-class level. Honolulu CC<\/abbr> was the only two-year college represented in the competition and second team from Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span>. The other was from Waiākea High School.<\/p>\n

“I believe that every competitor in the competition had the same build and design process but different ideas emerged from different teams, some a lot better than others,” shared Jarrett Kahoʻokele<\/span><\/strong>, a liberal arts major.<\/p>\n

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Mabel Wong’s Psy Robot<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

“Although we didn’t place in the top three, I feel very proud of myself and the team for placing 6th and competing in general. We were competing with, and did better than, some four-year colleges,” said Mabel Wong<\/strong>, a construction management<\/a> student who built a robot that danced Psy’s Gangnum Style<\/em>. <\/p>\n

For Jasmine Hoapili<\/strong>, a Honolulu CC<\/abbr> student and IKE<\/abbr> Scholar, she found similarities with the Hawaiian and Japanese cultures. “When we visited Atsuta shrine it made me feel respectful, just like the spiritual sites on Oʻahu<\/span>. It created a desire for me to embrace my culture and learn more about it.”<\/p>\n

Team Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span> Robotics is comprised of students from various University of Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span> campuses including UH<\/abbr> Mānoa<\/a>, Honolulu CC<\/abbr>, Leeward CC<\/abbr><\/a>, and Kapiʻolani<\/span> CC<\/abbr><\/a>.<\/p>\n

The team has qualified for the VEX<\/abbr> Robotics World Championships<\/a> to be held in Anaheim, California. They will be competing with 80 other collegiate teams from around the world in April 2014. Last year Team Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span> came in 15th place, the third highest ranking U.S.<\/abbr> team.<\/p>\n

Read the Honolulu CC<\/abbr> news release<\/a> for the full story. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Honolulu CC<\/abbr> students compete in 22nd Annual Nagoya Micro Robot Maze Competition. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[25],"tags":[62,63,65,9],"class_list":["post-21498","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-academic-news","tag-honolulu-community-college","tag-kapiolani-community-college","tag-leeward-community-college","tag-uh-manoa","entry","has-media"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t