Internet based crossover robot remote control competition among Asian countries — Development of practice based innovative education methodology, phase IV

We report the up-to-date progress of an internet based crossover robot remote control competition project starting from 2007, which is an international cooperative education program among Japan, China, Thailand, and Taiwan. The project contains two sub-subjects: the robot competition and the student-student cooperation among the participating universities. The competition is designed to be remotely controlling a robot via the internet to cooperate/compete with a locally controlled robot to finish some specified tasks where both robots are made by the students. The unique feature of the project is that everything concerned with the competition, e.g. the competition rules, the detailed technical problems, etc., are discussed and solved by the students themselves via the internet based cooperation. The demonstration of the competition between UEC and each of the partner universities proves the project helps to improve students´ practical ability, innovative skills, good teamwork spirit, and communication skills, etc.