Robocon 2008: 32 final teams in HCMC

From 2-9 June, the final round of the 2008 Robocon competition was held at Military Zone 7 Arena - Ho Chi Minh City. 32 teams competed in the final round to select the winning team, representing Vietnam to attend the international Robocon in India.

Launching the 2008 robotics innovation competition in the South.

The 32 best teams were selected from more than 300 teams from 50 universities and colleges across the country in the qualifying round held from May 17-28, 2008.

The theme of this year's Robocon competition is "Govinda", derived from the Indian legend reminiscent of Lord Krishne and the Dahi -Handi festival that takes place annually in Northern India. The final round of the competition in Ho Chi Minh City will select the winning team representing Vietnam to attend the 2008 Asia-Pacific International Robocon Contest, held in Pune, India in May. 8/2008.

The new feature of the 'Vietnam Robots Creation' competition this time is the first time the participation of 3 colleges with the finalists including: Sao Do Industrial College; College of Transportation 3; College of Industrial and Technical Economics 2.

VND 40 million and USD 1,000 will be awarded to the champion team by the Directorate of Vietnam Television and the Asia-Pacific Broadcasting and Television Association (ABU), which will also represent Vietnam to participate in the competition. international. In addition to a second prize worth VND 25 million, a 3rd prize worth VND 15 million, the Board of Directors of Vietnam Television Station will also award prizes: Best Technology, Ideas, Manual Robot, Best Automatic Robot, and Prize style for participating teams.

Mr. Nguyen Viet Tien, Head of the Department of Science and Technology of Vietnam Television said: 'The purpose of the Vietnam robot creation competition is not to create the problem of creating social products but only to stimulate the passion of science. This is not a technology competition, but a creative idea contest for students in the Asia-Pacific region '.

List of 32 teams that reached the final of the 2008 robot creation competition

1. Team PPK 653: HV Air defense
2. G3T EDR Team: Hanoi University of Industry
3. Team BK TDH 4: BK Hanoi University
4. Team FAS 01: Military Technical HV
5. Team BK BIA +: BK University Hanoi
6. ITP: BKH Hanoi University
7. Team HVDK4: Military Technical Engineer
8. Team FEE 02: Hanoi University of Industry
9. Team SD # V: Red Star Industrial College
10. EPU-Estorm Team: Electricity University
11. Team X-COD: Thai Nguyen Industrial Technology University
12. Team BK FET: BK University Hanoi
13. Team DTU 18-Nam Trieu: Hanoi Industrial University
14. Team BK A0: BK University Hanoi
15. NH SON team: BK Danang University
16. APG Team 5: Danang University of Technology
17. Team SQ 01: Technical commanding officer
18. Team SQ-PLV: The commander of technical information
19. Team e-HTt: BK University of Danang
20. Team BK VISTA: BK University of Danang
21. THUONG TRIEU: HCM City Industrial University
22. RF1: Đ.H Lạc Hồng
23. FINAL: Lac Hong University
24. FET: ĐAH Lạc Hồng
25. Team TIA CLASS II: College of Industrial Economic Technology 2
26. Team 8X: Lac Hong University
27. CDK ARESS team: HCMC University of Technical Education
28. BKIT team 4 BK University HCM City
29. FORT Team: Transportation Transport Division 3
30. Team CKD-SPEDD: HCMC University of Technical Education
31. PTH Team 07: Ton Duc Thang University
32. CD-CN II: Economic and Technical College 2.

Some pictures of Vietnam robotics competition 2008.