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| 35th Skill Olympics -
Montréal 1999 Thiis page contains photos from Montréal. Special thanks to Nils Karlsson (Expert from Sweden) for contributing most of the photos.
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| The Competitors & Competition | ||||||
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The Opening Ceremony - competitors arriving at the opening ceremony. The magnificent stage set can be seen in the background | |||||
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Team France at the opening ceremony. Philippe Gaubert in the centre | |||||
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Briefing of the experts by Martin Williams during the preparation phase a couple of days before the competition | |||||
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Briefing of competitors and experts before the start of a competition section | |||||
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Expert team and colleagues from Festo Canada on their way to a sugar hut for the evening. Our transport was a characteristic school bus! | |||||
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R to L: Paul Turnbull (United Kingdom) and Philippe Gaubert (France) talking to the musician at a sugar hut, where maple syrup is made | |||||
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A view from the far end of the Mechatronics Arena towards the briefing area and "mission control" | |||||
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The hardware has arrived and awaits a functional check by competitors before they strip it down in preparation for the competition | |||||
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A glimpse of one of the two unknown stations. Participants received training on the Mitsubishi robot during the familiarisation day immediately before the competition | |||||
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Eckhart von Terzi, product manager for the Modular Production System, checking the 20 brand new robots! | |||||
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Team Hong Kong | |||||
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Team Canada, Martin Williams & Tom Kofoed | |||||
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Team Hong Kong with experts from Hong Kong and Taiwan | |||||
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Team Norway testing the functionality of the stations Distribution and Testing | |||||
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Team Sweden with stripped down stations - the final preparation for the competition | |||||
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Team Korea (gold medallists) with fully stripped down stations towards the end of the familiarisation day | |||||
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Stations Distribution & Testing! | |||||
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Competitor from Hong Kong reading instructions for the section (there were 2 or 3 sections on each of the 4 days of the competition) | |||||
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Expert checking Team Korea | |||||
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Team Finland start assembly on the first day of the competition | |||||
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Team Canada at the start of the first section | |||||
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Team Singapore assembling part of the Testing station | |||||
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Team Thailand during the initial stages of the first section | |||||
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Team Sweden during the the first section Assembly of Distribution and Testing | |||||
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Team Brazil (bronze medallists) during the first section | |||||
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Team Netherlands assembling small parts during the first section | |||||
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Team New Zealand towards the end of the first section - they have almost finished the assembly of the two stations | |||||
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A member of Team United Arab Emirates with his nearly completed Testing station | |||||
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Team Finland in full swing | |||||
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A member of Team Hong Kong testing the correct function of the Testing station | |||||
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Team Taiwan making final mechanical adjustments before demonstrating the correct function of the stations | |||||
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Team New Zealand & Paul Turnbull (expert United Kingdom) | |||||
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Paul Turnbull (United Kingdom) & Martin Williams (Germany) entering scores | |||||
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Briefing before section 2 (faultfinding) | |||||
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View from the far end of the Mechatronics arena | |||||
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Activities of Team Switzerland observed by several visitors | |||||
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Team Japan integrating the robot into the line | |||||
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Team Netherlands checking for correct function after integrating a robot to handle workpieces | |||||
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Team Norway discussing the distribution of workpieces by the robot on station 4 into magazines on station 3 | |||||
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A film crew from Swedish Television preparing a documentary about Sweden's Mechatronics team | |||||
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Team Switzerland (Silver Medallists) assembling the Filling Station | |||||
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Team Singapore programming | |||||
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Team United Kingdom building and programming the "unknown" filling station which was kept secret until the start of that section | |||||
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Team United Arab Emirates checking the performance of their installation before calling an expert to evaluate | |||||
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Martin explaining the competition to a Japanese journalist | |||||
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Wim de Graaf and Shinichi Toe evaluating Team Switzerland | |||||
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Chiang from Taiwan evaluates Team Sweden's 4 station line, watched by Paulo Villiger from Brazil | |||||
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Team Germany checking the function of their 4 station production linebefore calling experts to evaluate it. The Formula One finish of the competition drew large crowds | |||||
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Martin Maayo, (Philippines) in the foreground as experts congratulate the Finnish team on completing the competition |
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Chief Expert and Product Manager with the Hong Kong team. Their production line is completed and running well | |||||
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L to R: Taiwanese, Canadian and German experts evaluating the final section | |||||
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A group of experts evaluate the Swiss team (in red) in the final stages of the competition. The Formula One atmosphere drew huge crowds | |||||
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L to R: Swiss team member watches evaluation by Finnish, Hong Kong and German experts | |||||
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The finished installation | |||||
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The "Final Countdown" - The competition is finished and everyone is waiting for the preliminary results | |||||