Run the Robocon season

In four days from 17 to 20 April, the North Robocon regional qualifier officially started. A new Robocon season begins, the season of passion, of technology love and the desire to win .

Eating robots, sleeping robots .

Arriving at Polytechnic these days, it is possible to notice an atmosphere of 'eating robots, sleeping robots'. The teams participating in the Robocon competition are rushing to complete the final stages to prepare for the qualifying round in the Northern region.

Meet Dao Viet Hung (Captain BK - FET) when he is enlisting to "eat the cup" of instant noodles at the scene.

Show us a bunch of blankets, furniture, Hung cheerfully: 'The teachers in the department lend this room as a place to build and assemble robots. For nearly a month now, my team is here to stay here. When I started to work, I didn't care about anything else . I always felt tired, rested, hungry . I ate and finished and rolled over again. '

Dark eyes - after many nights of waking up, yawning because of lack of sleep, but the team members are always enthusiastic. Minh Son, confided: "Seeing my robot work effectively, conquering the goal is that all tiredness will disappear".

Unlike BK - FET, the boys in BK - BIA + gather together quite late and prepare for the competition just two weeks away. 'The time is so urgent that every member makes great efforts and concentrates absolutely'.

It is known that the Manual Robot is completed by you before the school qualifier for three days, but it has successfully completed the task. 'Going on to the next round is a lucky thing, but at the same time it is also the result of the team' efforts' - Captain Le Ngoc Tuan shared.

Participating in the Northern Regional Qualifiers, Polytechnic University dominates with 15 teams. Mr. Ho Thanh Nam, staff of the science department in charge of the Robocon field of the school, affirmed: 'The Polytechnic Robocon teams have prepared quite elaborately and ready to take part. Will definitely give the audience the performances, conquer the impression of Bach Khoa brand ' .

Passionate about technology, the dream of participating in the robocon playground since high school, the three boys Nguyen Phuc Vinh, Phung Van Manh and Tran Van Huan from Hanoi Open University jointly worked together to build a bearing Robocon team. name VOCANO.

The first time rubbing in a large, inexperienced playground, completely self-sufficient from A to Z, but the VOCANO members did not lack confidence by 'being devoted to the passion that was a great happiness'.

It is noteworthy that this year some emerging rookies have been highly competitive such as: University of Industry, Electricity University .

The Robocon Military Academy team trains to test the pitch before playing

Playground of ideas and creativity

This year's exam is considered to be relatively good, but somewhat more monotonous than last year. The match situation will be decided soon, not waiting until the last minute.

According to many experts, this year mechanics plays a very important role. Any team with strong mechanics will push up the robot speed, just go straight without tracking the road, thus shortening the conquest time to the maximum.

However, 'class is shown in the autonomous robots' - Minh Son is responsible for setting up the program for automatic robots BK - FET affirmed. Programmers must flexibly calculate to improve their role, solving problems in autonomous robots is to protect their gifts and destroy gifts for your team. If you successfully combine these two tasks, you can guarantee victory against any formidable opponent.

'At the beginning, the secret was to formulate the robot creative idea, how to operate the best way to satisfy the requirements of the lesson' - Viet Hung recounted. 'Sometimes there is conflict between the members of the team, disagreements. Unifying common language is not always easy '.

'Simple robots that achieve stability and speed are our motto'. The members of BK - FEt revealed. Each manual robot will focus on a particular strength. During the competition, it will cause great difficulties for your team when looking for countermeasures.

Highly appreciated at the tactical block, the military academy robocon team this year continues to uphold the knack. Nguyen Viet Hung, a member of the MTA - SUNPAC team, said: 'The whole team has studied carefully the solutions to prevent. Set many situations that can happen in practice to take corrective measures. How good the strategy is to keep the secret to the last minute, let the audience explore through every game. '

According to Pham Xuan Tiep, an experienced member, who won the third prize in the last year robocon exam: 'A careful preparation and a flexible tactic is a baggage to help us confidently come to the competition'.

Notably, many teams have pioneered high-tech applications such as image processing, color sensors in the manufacturing process. This is a new step to help students access, learn and improve the level of technology in the world.

Robocon rules of 2008

* This year's rules are based on an Indian mythology related to Spirit Krishna (a Hindu god) and the Dahi - Handi festival, held every year in North India.

* Two teams (one Red team and one Blue team) will control the Manual and Autonomous machines to try to reach the places where Butter is placed on high and take the Butter (Makhkhan) pieces from the bowl.

* Other robots also try to 'steal' the Earthen Pots (Matkas) containing Cheese (Paneer) brought by the girls (Gopis).

Scores are earned when butter pieces are taken out of the bowl and taken up. Scores are also calculated for each Vase and Pot of Cheese that is brought to the outside baskets.

* The team that picks up three butter cubes directly from the bowls and holds it in the air will naturally achieve 'GOVINDA' (absolute victory) and the match ends.

If no team reaches 'GOVINDA' then the team with the total score achieved in the 3 minutes greater will be the winner.

* Each team must design and manufacture automatic and manual robots to participate in the competition. Only 1 Manual Robot and 3 Automatic Robots are allowed to use (according to the limits of the volume permitted by the Organizer).