Central Robocon teams try the field

Less than 12 hours, the 2009 Robocon contest in the Central - Highlands region officially opened. The closer to the time of competition, the more prepared the atmosphere of the 46 participating teams became.

Attending this year's Robocon competition, representatives of VNDT team (Vietnam drumming), Da Nang University of Science and Technology, student Pham Thanh Trung said: 'This is the second year participating in robocon so there is a little experience. The failure to build robots is inevitable. ' Trung's group invested VND 14 million for three robots to participate in the competition.

This year Da Nang Polytechnic University has 14 teams participating in the Central - Highlands region. Among them, the Smart R team is the most appreciated. Many members of the teams eat and sleep at the fabrication and testing grounds with great passion.

And School of Information and Commanding Officer in Nha Trang this year has 8 teams. This is the fifth year the school participates in Robocon. Mr. Nguyen Hong Giang, Technical Assistant of the School Training Department, said: 'Among the participating teams there are two civilian teams, the other six are military units. All teams have a thorough preparation process, investing a lot of effort in the competition '.

The biggest problem with students participating in Robocon is funding. Funds for three robots are usually not less than 10 million. In particular, the school mainly supports the spirit, rooms, equipment .

Da Nang Polytechnic University supported teams to join one million dong, the top 7 teams of Danang University were supported with four million each. Among participating schools, Tay Nguyen University is rated as a 'giant' when the teams' robots are invested up to tens of millions of dong.

This year 2009 has the appearance of many new units participating in the competition for the first time so the number of teams also increased significantly. This is the largest number of teams in the Central - Highlands region since the competition was held in Vietnam.

Student Nguyen Van Loi, Duc Tri College (Da Nang) said: 'This is my first year participating in robocon, my team determined this year only to get experience but that does not mean I have no chance. Assembly '. Loi's team has 6 members, building robots for the competition for more than 4 months.

Student Do Van Can, Da Nang Polytechnic University, former champion of the 2007 Robocon competition, said: 'The most important thing of this year's exam is the need to synchronize the processing of robots, the dynamic structure of robots. . This year the competition is not antagonistic so the strategy does not play an important role in the competition. Opportunity is divided equally for all teams'.