ABU Robocon

Asia-Pacific Robot Contest 2009 in Vietnam

The Asia-Pacific Robot Contest (ABU Robocon) is an Asian Oceanian College robot competition, founded in 2002 by Asia-Pacific Broadcasting Union. In the competition robots compete to complete a task within a set period of time. The contest aims to create friendship among young people with similar interests who will lead their countries in the 21st century, as well as help advance engineering and broadcasting technologies in the region. The event is broadcast in many countries through ABU member broadcasters.

Each year the competition has different topics, but generally speaking two or more robots must be used to complete the tasks. One of the robots would be manual control while the others are automatic. The best robots usually weight more than 10kg and span in one square meter area. To build the robots, contestants, who are restricted to be undergraduate students, must possess rich knowledge in programming, mechanical design and electronic circuit design.

Logos for Competition

Year	Location	Logo
2002	Tokyo, Japan	170px
2003	Bangkok, Thailand
2004	Seoul, South Korea
2005	Beijing, China
2006	Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
2007	Hanoi, Vietnam
2008	Pune, India
2009	Tokyo, Japan
2010	Cairo, Egypt
2011	Bangkok, Thailand
2012	Kowloon, Hong Kong
2013	Da Nang, Vietnam
2014	Pune, India	Robocon 2014 Logo
2015	Yogyakarta, Indonesia	Robocon 2015 Logo

Recent Competitions

ABU Robocon 2016

The 2016 ABU Robocon will be held at Bangkok, Thailand. The theme is "Clean Energy Recharging the World". The concept behind the theme is the utilization of renewable energy sources, the theme is available at ^[1]The match is between 2 teams(viz. red and blue), each team consisting of two robots.

ABU Robocon 2015

The ABU Robocon^[2] 2015 was held in August in Yogyakarta, Indonesia. The contest theme was "Robominton-Badminton RoboGame". The venue for the contest was Sportorium of Universitas Muhammadiyah Yogyakarta (UMY). In the contest, the 2 teams (red and blue) had to play the game of badminton against each other. Each team made 2 robots to play a normal doubles badminton game.^[3]

Hung Yen University of Technology and Education,Vietnam won the International Robocon 2015 held in Yogyakarta, Indonesia.

ABU Robocon 2014

The ABU Robocon 2014 was conducted on 24 August 2014 at Pune, India. The Theme for Robocon 2014 declared by India was "A Salute for Parenthood". The winner of ABU Robocon 2014 is LH-NVN, coming from Lac Hong University, Vietnam. ^[4]

ABU Robocon 2013

The ABU Robocon 2013 was held in Vietnam on 18 August 2013 where 19 Engineering teams from 18 countries participated. The Theme for Robocon 2013 declared by VTV was "The Green Planet".The winner of ABU Robocon 2013 is Kanazawa Institute of Technology coming from Japan. ^[5]

ABU Robocon 2012

The ABU Robocon 2012 was held in Hong Kong on 19 August 2012 where 17 Engineering teams from 16 countries or regions participated. The Theme for Robocon 2012 declared by Hong Kong was In Pursuit of Peace and Prosperity.The winner of the Robocon 2012 is University of Electronic Science and Technology of China.^[6]

ABU Robocon 2011

The ABU Robocon 2011 was held in Bangkok, Thailand on 28 August 2011 where 19 Engineering Colleges from 18 countries participated. The Theme for Robocon2011 declared by Thailand was Krathong, Lighting Happiness with Friendship. The winner is Dhurakij Pundit University coming from Thailand.

ABU Robocon 2010

The ABU Robocon2010 was held in Cairo, Egypt on 22 September 2010 where 18 Engineering Colleges from 17 countries participated. The Theme for Robocon 2010 declared by Egypt was Robo-Pharaohs Build Pyramids. It was won by University of Electronic Science and Technology of China to give China its 4th overwhelming win. Now China holds the record for the most number of wins.

ABU Robocon 2009

The ABU Robocon 2009 was held in Tokyo, Japan on 22 August 2009 with the Theme of Kago, the traditional Japanese palanquin, carried by human beings replaced by robots. The winners were a team from China who completed the task consistently in 18 seconds. It was won by Harbin Institute of Technology to give China its third successive win.

ABU Robocon 2008

The ABU Robocon 2008 was held at Maharashtra Institute of Technology (MIT), Pune, India on 31 August 2008, where 17 Engineering Colleges from 16 countries participated. The Theme for Robocon 2008 declared by India was Govinda, a traditional Indian Deity who used to play earthly games by capturing Butter/Cheese from heads of Gopis.

Results

Year	Host city	Theme	Grand Prix	1st runner-up	ABU Robocon Award
2002	Tokyo	Reach for the Top of Mt. Fuji	Ho Chi Minh City University of Technology	University of Science and Technology of China	Kanazawa Institute of Technology
2003	Bangkok	Takraw Space Conqueror	Sawangdandin Industrial and Community Education College	King Mongkut's Institute of Technology Ladkrabang	Chungnam National University
2004	Seoul	Reunion of Separated Lovers, Gyeonwoo & Jiknyeo	Ho Chi Minh City University of Technology	Southwest University of Science and Technology	Mongolian University of Science and Technology
2005	Beijing	Climb on the Great Wall Light the Holy Fire	University of Tokyo	University of Science and Technology Beijing	Higher Technological Institute Tenth of Ramadan City, Egypt
2006	Kuala Lumpur	Building the World’s Tallest Twin Tower	Ho Chi Minh City University of Technology		Universiti Teknologi Malaysia
2007	Hanoi	Halong Bay Discovery	Xi'an Jiaotong University	Electronic Engineering Polytechnic Institute of Surabaya
2008	Pune	Govinda	Xi'an Jiaotong University	Higher Technological Institute 10th of Ramadan City,Egypt	Xi'an Jiaotong University
2009	Tokyo	Travel Together for the Victory Drums	Harbin Institute of Technology	University of Hong Kong	Harbin Institute of Technology
2010	Cairo	Robo-Pharaohs built pyramids	University of Electronic Science and Technology of China	Lạc Hồng University	University of Electronic Science and Technology of China
2011	Bangkok	Loy Krathong, Lighting Happiness with friendship	Dhurakij Pundit University		University of Tokyo
2012	Hong Kong	Peng On Dai Gat (In pursuit of peace and prosperity)	University of Electronic Science and Technology of China	Lạc Hồng University	University of Tokyo
2013	Da Nang	The Green Planet	Kanazawa Institute of Technology	Lạc Hồng University	Electronic Engineering Polytechnic Institute of Surabaya
2014	Pune	A Salute for Parenthood	Lạc Hồng University	Nagoya Institute of Technology	Lạc Hồng University
2015	Yogyakarta	Robominton	Hung Yen University of Technology and Education	Hong Kong University of Science and Technology	Hung Yen University of Technology and Education
2016	Bangkok	Clean Energy Recharging the World