Vietnam ranks second in 2010 Robocon competition

The Vietnamese Robocon team LH-LED from Lac Hong University came in the second place in the 2010 Asia-Pacific Robocon contest, held in the Egyptian capital city of Cairo on September 21.
The Vietnamese Robocon team LH-LED from Lac Hong University came in the second place in the 2010 Asia-Pacific Robocon contest, held in the Egyptian capital city of Cairo on September 21.

In the Group D, the Vietnamese team surpassed Japanese and Malaysian teams to take the first place. It continued to beat the Egyptian host team in the quarterfinal and the Hong Kong team in the semifinal.

China defeated the Vietnamese team in the final round to win the championship this year.

“We have set the target to bring home the third prize, thus, the result is seen as a success to the whole team”, said Dang Huy So, the Vietnamese team’s head.

The Vietnamese team has also been honoured with an award from the contest’s sponsor Panasonic.

With the theme “Robo-Pharaohs Build Pyramids”, 17 teams from 16 countries and territories in the region competed to build three pyramids within three minutes. The winner is the team who finishes the task in the shortest time.

Originally launched in Japan in 2002, Robocon is an annual contest held by the Asia-Pacific Broadcasting Union, to encourage robotic inventions by young people in the region.

The next Robocon contest is scheduled to be held in Thailand./.

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