MELAKA: Four Universiti Teknikal Malaysia Melaka (UTeM) students bagged the gold medal at the 2021 World Invention Creativity Olympics (Wico) in Seoul, South Korea. recently for their drone innovation.
UTeM’s Mechanical Engineering Faculty senior lecturer and project supervisor Dr Juffrizal Karjanto said in a statement on Sunday that the drone has a speed of up to 50kph with up to two hours of flight time.
The students are Iqbal Hakimi Mohammad Feirdaus, 20; Nurul Khalida Kasim, 23; Muhammad Haziq Mohd Hamizat, 22; dan Aqil Haikal Jalalus Sayuti, 21; and their supervisors, senior lecturers Dr Fudhail Abdul Munir and Dr Nidzamuddin Md Yusof. He added that the drone, which had been tested by the Malaysian Unmanned Drone Activists Society, was developed to be cost-effective and commercialised locally and internationally for surveillance, search and delivery purposes in open as well as narrow spaces.
He also hoped the achievement would encourage more Malaysians, especially youths, to collaborate and nurture their talents in innovation, science and technology to put the country at par with other developed nations.
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