Three boys won the Asia-Pacific Robocon

Eating and sleeping with a robot for 10 months since opening the idea to being named the champion team is a challenging journey of 3 boys from Lac Hong University.

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Although the first year came to robocon, three boys of electrical and electronic engineering students, Lac Hong University, including Vo Quang Thu, Nguyen Vuong Quoc, and Nguyen Van Cuong, created a surprise when taking turns to conquer strong opponents. to step to the top of the Asia-Pacific robocon creative competition (ABU), this year.

Quoc, Cuong and Thu on the playing field in India.(Photo: Hoang Vu)

LH - NVN is remembered by many people not only for the ABU championship but also for the national spirit when the team donates the entire $ 1,400 prize of the Asia - Pacific Television Association after winning the first prize for the national competition for soldiers are on duty in the Spratly Islands.

Different from the strong teams in Lac Hong school who have experience over the last several seasons, LH - NVN is the team that gathers the first time to the robot, only one member is "foot running" for him to lock. before.

Passionate about robots since they were in high school, but it was not until the last year of the university that these new engineers dared to boldly set up teams to attend robocon exams."For the first three years, we just wanted to improve our knowledge, master the previous skills, not in a hurry. When we feel capable, we have just formed a war team , " Quang Thu said.

From the idea, the paper design to the complete robots is a long-term persistence process. "Initially the team had the idea of ​​using a rotary propeller to climb the column but when it was done it was very difficult, the sensors attached to the robot were not suitable, so they had to change many times. Nearly two months, the robots could run. according to the required exam questions, "Quoc said.

Members of LH - NVN team revise the robot before the competition in India.(Photo: Hoang Vu)

As a newcomer, but since the school implemented the exam, all the members were enthusiastically embarking on their work from design, conceptualization to assembly of saws for their robots."When reading the subject, it is very surprising, but taking advantage of the knowledge learned in 3 years at my school, I successfully programed the circuit board, sensors to control the robot following the proposed idea ," Quang Thu, In charge of programming for robots, sharing.

To prepare the contest, the members always have to eat and sleep at the workshop, when they are free to hunt for the latest technology equipment at Nhat Tao market (Ho Chi Minh City), the shop robocon online to serve the assembly. .

The Asia-Pacific Robocon championship almost had to stop playing in the group stage in the national competition when losing the battle with IME - Hanoi Industrial University. Thu said: "I thought there would be no chance to continue but the members always encouraged each other to play the best in the remaining 2 games. In the end the efforts paid off, the team not only passed the round. table that goes to the championship spectacularly ".

After the end of the national tournament, the members immediately embarked on the job of preparing to compete for the international tournament. From programming to completely new and redesigned mechanical techniques."In order for the robots to be the fastest and most stable, the members must be meticulous in every small detail, the path programming must be algorithmized to have the optimal plan for the given route" , Quoc revealed.

Talking about the robocon competition taking place in India, Cuong has not forgotten the thrill at the semi-final against Indonesia. When the match starts, the opponent will advance to 3-4 seconds. But with a stable psychology, keeping the strategy slow but sure, the team won in a split second.

"When your team brought the automatic robot to the stairs to climb the finish line, it was time for us to catch up. The steps to climb bravely in the sprint made the team burst into happiness" , the boy controlled the robot by Hand recalled.

Vietnam robocon team member on the podium received the championship this year.(Photo: Thanh Thuy)

At the finals, when Vietnam was named the champion, everyone was still quiet and exploded when they could overcome the strong Japanese team. All three members hugged each other right on the field, the happy tears falling together when the target before setting out was achieved after 7 years of appointment errors.

"LH - NVN members are students who are hard at trying to find, create and have a burning passion for robots. Not the strongest team that the school hopes, but the mentality is stable and tactics are correct. propriety has become the secret to leading the team to the final victory " , Mr. Lam Thanh Hien, Vice Rector of Lac Hong University, commented.

According to Mr. Hien, in order to create a strong robot technology fulcrum and achieve success in the last 5 years, when winning the first prize in the national contest and high rankings of the Asian-Thai robotics competition Binh Duong, the school is particularly interested in practicing in teaching students instead of dry method theory.

"From the students participating in robocon, many of them have grown up and self-researched many machines and technologies applied in production, transferred to companies inside and outside the province, having stable jobs after leaving. school, " said the assistant principal.