ABU ROBOCON NEWS ABU ROBOCON 2012 Hong Kong http://aburobocon2012.hk/ No. 164 Date of Issue: September 14, 2012 China got back on top at the Hong Kong Robocon! The 11th ABU ROBOCON 2012 Hong Kong was held at KITEC in Hong Kong on August 19. Total of 17 teams selected in the regional contest held in 16 countries and regions participated in the contest and unfolded heated competition. A number of teams achieved ‘Peng On Dai Gat’ from the preliminary rounds to the finals, renewing the time of achievement match after match. The spectators were wildly excited over the dramatic turnabout and the unpredictable game result. As a result, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China won the champion title and Lac Hong University of Vietnam came second, followed by Japan and Thailand. Check out the highlight of the contest at RTHK’s official website at; http://aburobocon2012.hk/ Vietnam Television will host ABU ROBOCON 2013 in Danang, Vietnam VTV’s official logo of the contest At the handover ceremony held at the Hong Kong Robocon, the ABU Robocon flag was passed from Radio Television Hong Kong to the next host organisation, Vietnam Television. Mr Phan Viet Tien, Vice President of the Vietnam Television, proudly announced that they would host the 12th ABU ROBOCON 2013 in the city of Danang, Vietnam on August 18 next year. The contest theme is ‘The Green Planet’. The theme has a message that the world citizens are responsible for protecting the earth. Each participating team creates a total of two robots, one manual robot and an automatic robot, and completes tasks in the field on which the earth is drawn. There is a stand, an imitation of the moon placed at the back of the field. After two robots filled the earth with green leaves, the team will shoot their handmade ‘buds’ towards the moon, which stands at about 4m away. If the shot ‘bud’ successfully stands on the moon, ‘The Green Planet’ is achieved and the team wins. The duration of each match is 3 minutes and it is competed by 2 teams namely by red and blue teams. Find out more about the contest theme and rules at VTV’s official website at http://aburobocon2013.vtv.gov.vn/ ROBOCON News is published by ABU ROBOCON Secretariat Tokyo. If you have any request or queries, please contact [email protected] at anytime. .