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Regional winners of Robocon contest eye glory

Six teams - four from Duy Tan University and two others from the Ha Tinh Vocational College of Technology - will represent the central and Central Highlands regions to compete at the final round of the 2014 Robocon Vietnam Contest.
Six teams - four from Duy Tan University and two others from theHa Tinh Vocational College of Technology - will represent the centraland Central Highlands regions to compete at the final round of the 2014Robocon Vietnam Contest.

They defeated 14 otherteams after 18 fixtures during the three-day qualifying round in DaNang city, which concluded on April 5. The winners were the machinesthat could best perform certain tasks.

Qualifiersin Hanoi, Da Nang and Ho Chi Minh City will pick 32 out of 160teams for the final round from May 5-11 in the central province ofKhanh Hoa.

The final winner will join theAsia-Pacific Robot Contest (ABU Robocon), scheduled to take place inIndia this August.

The ABURobocon is an Asian Oceanian College robot competition foundedin 2002 by the Asia-Pacific Broadcasting Union.

Over the past three consecutive years, Vietnamese teams have finished second in the ABU Robocon competition.-VNA
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