2019 Vietnam Robocon enters final round in Hai Duong
Thirty-two teams have begun competing in the final round of the 2019 Vietnam Robot Contest (Robocon Vietnam), which opened in the northern province of Hai Duong on May 7.
Hai Duong (VNA) - Thirty-two teams havebegun competing in the final round of the 2019 Vietnam Robot Contest (RoboconVietnam), which opened in the northern province of Hai Duong on May 7.
On the first day of the round, which lastsuntil May 12, 12 matches of Groups A and B took place.
The 32 teams come from technicaluniversities and colleges nationwide. After the last round, the strongest teamwill represent Vietnam at the ABU Asia-Pacific Robot Contest (ABU Robocon) inMongolia in August.
The 2019 Robocon promotes the idea of“Sharing the knowledge” initiated by host Mongolia, with its content inspiredby the Urtuu system, first innovated by the nomadic Mongolians for exchanginginformation over long distances, and by Mongolian folk game Shagai, duringwhich players flick animal ankle bones at a target.
Robocon Vietnam has been held annually bythe Vietnam Television (VTV) since 2002.
The ABU Robocon was founded in 2002 by theAsia-Pacific Broadcasting Union. At the event, robots from participating teams competeto complete a task within a set period of time.
Vietnam has triumphed at the ABU Roboconseven times. The championships were claimed by Ho Chi Minh City University ofScience and Technology in 2002, 2004 and 2006, while Lac Hong University won in2014, 2017, and 2018, and Hung Yen University of Technology and Education tookthe title in 2015.-VNA
Thirty-two teams have begun their attempt to win the 2018 Vietnam Robot Contest (Robocon Vietnam) in the final round, which opened in the evening of May 8 in Vinh Yen city, the northern province of Vinh Phuc.
The LH-ATM team from Lac Hong University in the southern province of Dong Nai won the 2018 Vietnam Robot Contest (Robocon Vietnam) after defeating another team from the same university – LH-Galaxy – during the final game in the northern province of Vinh Phuc on May 13.
Team LH – Galaxy of Vietnam’s Lac Hong University triumphed at the 2018 ABU Asia – Pacific Robot Contest (ABU Robocon), which concluded in Ninh Binh province on August 26.
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Scene at the event (Photo: VNA) 
