Robocon India
Robocon (short for Robotic Contest) is organised by Asia-Pacific Broadcasting Union (ABU), a collection of over 20 countries of Asia Pacific Region.
The best engineering institutes across the country compete with each other for the honour of representing Indian National team at the International version of the competition for three gruelling days.
For the last four years the National Robotics Championship has been organized in the famous Shree Shiv Chhatrapati Sports Complex, Mahalunge, Balewadi, Pune.
•Winner: Nirma University (ITNU) •Host Country Second Winner: Government College of Engineering and Research, Avasari (ABHEDYA) Winner: MIT World Peace University, Pune (MTT) The National ABU Robocon 2019 was held in the Lecture Hall Complex of IIT Delhi.
[13] In second stage evolution is based on the video of actual robots performing different task as per rule-book of ABU Robocon 2019.
Awards[10][16][17] The National ABU Robocon 2018 was held in the Badminton Hall of the Shree Shiv Chhatrapati Sports Complex, Balewadi, Pune on the 1–3 March 2018.
[18][19] The National ABU Robocon 2017 took place in the Shri Shiv Chhatrapati Krida Sankul, Pune on 2–4 March 2017.
[19] The National ABU Robocon 2016 took place in the Shri Shiv Chhatrapati Krida Sankul, Pune on 3–5 March 2016.
The National ABU Robocon 2015 took place in the Badminton Hall of the Shree Shiv Chhatrapati Sports Complex, Balewadi, Pune on 7 March 2015.
The theme for Robocon 2015 has been declared by Televisi Republik Indonesia (TVRI) as "Robomintion: Badminton Robo-Game".
[20] Institute of Technology, Nirma University, Ahmedabad won the National ABU Robocon 2015 Contest and were the first runners-up.
Muffakham Jah College of Engineering and Technology (MJCET) stood third in the country and was also awarded the ‘Best Design and Aesthetics’ robot at the Asia Pacific Broadcasting Union Robotics Contest (ABU Robocon) 2015 held at Maharashtra Institute of Technology, Pune.
Additionally, Team Rudra from Marathwada Mitra Mandal's College of Engineering, just in its first year of competition won the "Best Rookie Award".
The National ABU Robocon 2014 was held in the Badminton Hall of the Shree Shiv Chhatrapati Sports Complex, Balewadi, Pune on the 6, 7 & 8 March 2014.
Lạc Hồng University, Vietnam won the International ABU Robocon 2014 held at Balewadi, Pune.
[24] The National ABU Robocon 2013 was held in the Badminton Hall of the Shree Shiv Chhatrapati Sports Complex, Balewadi, Pune.
The National ABU Robocon 2012 was held in the Boxing Arena of The Shree Shiv Chhatrapati Sports Complex, Balewadi, Pune.
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.
[27] Total 12 teams participated in the contest held on 26–27 June 2004 at Institute of Technology, Nirma University, Ahmedabad.
[28] Most Aesthetically Built Robot : Vivekanand Education Society's Institute Of Technology, Mumbai Most Functional Robot : L. D. college of Engineering, Ahmedabad Most Innovative Design : Institute of Technology, Nirma University, Ahmedabad Consolation Prize for Simplest Design : U. V. Patel College of Engineering, Mehsana[28] Total seven teams from five different universities participated in the contest held on 13–14 July 2003 at Nirma Institute, Ahmedabad.
Fuji” and the participating teams were VESIT, Mumbai; IIT Kanpur and Institute of Technology, Nirma University, Ahmedabad.
