Apollon - The CityU Solar Car Team

08/09/2017

17/07/2017

01/07/2017

頭條日報 30/6/2017

http://www.ee.cityu.edu.hk/home/doc/HeadLineAdvertisement-30June2017.pdf

28/06/2017

Exhibition once again !

21/06/2017

Our booth is located at 4/F Blue zone of Yeung Kin Man Academic Building, the gala will kick-off at 2pm, come and join us!

20/06/2017

We are going to have a showcase in the Discovery and Innovation Gala organized by College of Science and Engineering, City University of Hong Kong. At that time, you will have a chance to take a closer look at our robots, or even launching frisbee using our robots. Do come and join us!

http://www6.cityu.edu.hk/cse/cms/content.aspx?id=20140219142837&lang=en

20/06/2017

After the whole year of hard work, we finally got some good news!

Our teams, Dream Development and City Dreamwork, won the Best Engineering Award, Best Artistic Design Award and Best Team Spirit Award!

It is our pleasure and hounour that the hard work throughout the whole year is recognized by the TAC of Robocon 2017 Hong Kong Contest.

Moreover, thanks to the contest, it provides a platform to facilitate the exchange of ideas and techniques on robotics. Robots from different institutions are really impressive.

Finally, congratulations to HKUST Robotics Team for wining the champion, wish you all good luck in the international contest.

Let's keep moving! See you all in Robocon 2018!

12/09/2016

We are now recruiting new members to our team! If you are interested in Robocon and Robotics, COME AND JOIN US!!

Date: 12-14 Sep 2016
Time: 0900-1800
Venue: City University Podium

22/06/2016

Our team is having an exhibition at the CityU CSE Discovery and Innovation Gala in these two days. Please come and support us!

29/02/2016

Our team is having an exhibition at the EMSD headquarter this morning. We are cooperating with the EMSD department and are promoting solar energy as well as the solar car to the future generations.
春風化雨，作育英才！

30/01/2016

The exhibition of CityU Discovery Festival is going to be held on the coming Monday to Wednesday. The exhibition showcases the University’s strengths in discovery and innovation, the centrepiece of its Discovery-enriched Curriculum (DEC).
Both CityU solar car teams participated in the "New Energy New Generation" Solar Car Competition held by EMSD recently will also be there. It is a great chance to have a closer look on the Apollon. Team members will be there to share their stories during the making of the car.
Want to know more about us? Come and join us!

Discovery Festival Information:
Venue: Purple Zone, 4/F, Academic Building 1, CityU
Date: 1-3/2 (Mon to Wed)
http://www6.cityu.edu.hk/dfest/

13/01/2016

[真‧太陽能車 Apollon-赤輪，一半EE一半Mechan果隊]今天是二零一六年一月十三日，在下午三時半的時候，紫外線指數為3的情況下，做左呢個測試。我地今次將赤輪裡面ge電池拎左出黎，然後就咁試下架車郁唔郁倒。好老實講，今日太陽光唔係好夠，所以要響斜路上面起步，但中間有一半路程係無太陽光照倒 ge，而且最後都上倒小小斜，證明我地架車，純太陽能驅動都應該可以行倒一定 ge 距離。
俞琤早兩日講過：「貪求進步一生癡，一切的砥礪切磋，豈會是徒然？」，我地亦都係一樣，樂意同各隊作技術上的交流，希望同大家各隊一齊進步，共同突破，為每一次得到高於預期的成績而喝采！

P.S. 由於呢段片係一刀不剪，無經過任何剪接，所以好多風聲，同埋好震，希望大家見諒！

Solar Car Apollon running without battery:
Apollon is a genuine solar powered car, i.e. it can run without battery with all electronics powered by solar energy.
At 15:30, 13 Jan 2016, we took out the battery inside the Apollon to show what it can do.
The UV index was 3 according to Hong Kong Observatory web page and the sunlight light intensity was moderately good. Frankly speaking, it needs a bit of push to start Apollon since the starting power is a bit too high as 1000W solar panel may only deliver around 30% of efficiency under this condition.
We placed Apollon on a gentle slope to help her start, then run on a flat path. Along the path, half of the path was shadowed by the building. In the end, Apollon was abled to “climbed” back to its original sloped location. This demonstrated that Apollon indeed can run on solar power.
Enjoy the video.

P.S. This video is original without editing.