Robocon India

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The Robocon India is an Indian robotic competition organized by Doordarshan, the India's national public service broadcaster. It is contested every year and the winning team will represent India at the international competition.

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History

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Robocon India 2009

First Robocon India contest was held in 2002, in which only four teams from three colleges had participated at IIT Kanpur. Going from strength to strength, this number has reached 66 in Indian National Robocon 2012 and 107 in 2018 held at the Boxing Arena of Shree Shiv Chhatrapati Sports Complex, Balewadi, Pune.

Mumbai Doordarshan Kendra organised Robocon India from 2005 to 2018. The initiative was taken by Mr Mukesh Sharma, the Director of Doordarshan Kendra Mumbai.

Format

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Robocon India 2010

Every year finals of Robocon India are held on First Saturday of March. 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.

Elimination rounds are held on days preceding the First Saturday of March. This routine schedule been fixed in India through mutual consultations of participating colleges and Doordarshan of India. International Contests are held in August every year when the national contests of all the countries have been completed and their representatives selected. The host country has the privilege of fielding two teams. India hosted its first international contest in August 2008 in the MIT Sports grounds, Pune. In 2014 again, India hosted the international contest on 24 August. For the last four years the National Robotics Championship has been organized in the famous Shree Shiv Chhatrapati Sports Complex, Mahalunge, Balewadi, Pune.

ABU Robocon

The ABU Robocon ("Robocon" stand for Robotic Contest) is organised by the Asia-Pacific Broadcasting Union (ABU), a collection of over 20 countries of Asia Pacific Region. NHK, Japan had already been organising such contests at national level and also became the host of the first ABU Robocon in 2002. Since then, every year one of the member broadcasters hosts this international event.

The broadcasters of each participant country are responsible for conduct of their national contests to select the team which will represent their country in the International Contest. Teams from engineering and technological colleges are eligible for participation. Participating Teams are expected to design and fabricate their own robots and organize their teams including an Instructor, Team Leader, Manual Robot Operator and an Automatic Robot Operator.

Recent competitions

Robocon India 2023

Gujarat Technological University won the Robocon India 2023 and represented India in ABU Robocon 2023, which was organized by Cambodia on 27 August 2023.

DD Robocon 2023 Qualification Matches [1]
MatchTeam 1Team 2Score (Team 1)Score (Team 2)
1 LD College of Engineering Government College of Engineering and Research, Avasari Khurd 22030
2 Gujarat Technological University Parul Institute of Technology22020
3 MIT World Peace University SRM Institute of Science and Technology 1500
4Parul Institute of Technology U. V. Patel College of Engineering 1100
5 Government College of Engineering and Research, Avasari Khurd JSPM Rajarshi Shahu College of Engineering and Research1200
6Institute of Technology, Nirma University Padmabhooshan Vasantdada Patil Institute12070
7 College of Engineering, Pune MIT World Peace University 100120
8BRACT Vishwakarma Institute of TechnologyInstitute of Technology, Nirma University 100120

Robocon India 2022

Nirma University, the 2022 winner of Robocon India DD Robocon 2022 winner nirma university.jpg
Nirma University, the 2022 winner of Robocon India
Quarter Finals (National ROBOCON 2022) [2]
Team CodeInstitute NameShort Name
QF1MIT World Peace University, PuneMTT
QF2Government College of Engineering and Research Avasari Khurd, PuneABHEDYA
QF3 Pimpri Chinchwad College of Engineering Automatons
QF4Institute of Technology, Nirma UniversityNirma Robocon [3]
QF5Parul Institute of Technology, Parul University TEAM PU ROBOCON
QF6 K. J. Somaiya College of Engineering KJSCE Robocon
QF7 Pune Institute of Computer Technology PICT Robotics
QF8BRACT's Vishwakarma Institute of Technology, PuneVIT PUNE
 
Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
          
 
 
 
 
MTTQ1
 
 
 
VIT PUNEQ8
 
MTTSF1
 
 
 
NIRMASF4
 
NIRMAQ4
 
 
 
PUQ5
 
NIRMAF1
 
 
 
ABHEDYAF2
 
ABHEDYAQ2
 
 
 
KJSCEQ7
 
AUTOMATONSSF2
 
 
 
ABHEDYASF3
 
AUTOMATONSQ3
 
 
PICTQ6
 

Awards

DD-ROBOCON 2022 awards:

fusion Design awards:

Special awards:

Other awards:

References: [4] [5] [6]

Robocon India 2021

With the 20th anniversary of the ABU Robocon, the theme challenges teams to play the ancient game by using the robots equipped with the modern technology. The game will be between two teams having two robots each.

Robocon India 2020

Robocon India 2019

The National ABU Robocon 2019 was held in the Lecture Hall Complex of IIT Delhi. Final match was played between L. D. Engineering College, Ahmedabad and Institute of Technology, Nirma University, Ahmedabad on 16 June 2019. L. D. Engineering College, Ahmedabad won the National level Robocon 2019 contest. [7] [8] Nirma University was first runners up and Gujarat Technological University was second runners up. [7] [9] The ABU Robocon 2019 was held at Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia. The theme was "Sharing the knowledge". [10] It is related to the Urtuu system of Mongolian tradition. The winning team would represent India at Mongolia for International Robocon contest.

The host of Robocon India 2019 was IIT Delhi. [11]

Format

The format of Robocon India 2019 was changed. [11] It was consisted of three stages, however, teams opposed this format. [12] This new format was not allowing all teams to took part in Robocon 2019, only the qualifying teams after stage 1 and 2 were allowed to took part.

In the first stage, the evolution is based on the report and CAD Model submitted. The maximum points for a team was 100, allocated as follows:

  • Solution ideas (20 points)
  • Design detail Document (40 points)
  • CAD modeling (40 points).

Total 86 teams participated in the first stage and 54 teams were qualified for the second stage. [13]

In the second stage, evolution is based on the video of actual robots performing different task as per rule-book of ABU Robocon 2019. The total points was 100 and was allocated as follows:

  • Shagai placing and throwing (20 points)
  • Gerege passing mechanism (20 points)
  • Movement of manual robot (20 points)
  • Movement of autonomous robot (40 points)

26 teams were qualified for the third stage. [14] It was the actual competition held at Lecture Hall Complex of IIT Delhi on 16 June 2019. Eight teams were finalized for the quarterfinals based on their points in league matches.

Quarter Finals (National ROBOCON 2019) [9] [15]
Team CodeInstitute NameShort Name
QF1Institute of Technology, Nirma University, AhmedabadITNU
QF2 Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee IITR
QF3 L.D. College of Engineering, Ahmedabad LDCE
QF4Gujarat Technological University, AhmedabadGTU
QF5KJ Somaiya College of Engineering, MumbaiKJSCE
QF6 Vadodara Institute of Engineering, Vadodara VIER
QF7Government College of Engineering and Research, Avasari (Pune)GCOEARA
QF8 Government College of Engineering, Aurangabad GECA
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Robocon 2019 Quarter Finals
 
Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
          
 
 
 
 
ITNUQF1
 
 
 
GECAQF8
 
ITNUSF1
 
 
 
GTUSF4
 
GTUQF4
 
 
 
KJSCEQF5
 
ITNUF1
 
 
 
LDCEF2
 
LDCEQF3
 
 
 
VIERQF6
 
LDCESF2
 
 
 
GCOEARASF3
 
IITRQF2
 
 
GCOEARAQF7
 

Awards

References: [9] [16] [17]

Robocon India 2018

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. The theme for Robocon 2018 was announced by Vietnam as ném còn (throwing shuttlecock). The goal of the game is to throw the shuttlecocks through the ring at height. In Vietnamese culture, the game is about celebration and making friendship.

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Robocon India 2018

Institute of Technology, Nirma University, Ahmedabad won the Robocon India 2018. MIT Tech Team from Maharashtra Institute of Technology, Pune, was the first runner-up and K. J. Somaiya Institute of Engineering and Information Technology, Mumbai, was the second runner up. The team from L.D. Engineering College, Ahmedabad won the best idea award. IIT Roorkee won the best innovative design award. Neotech Institute of Technology, Vadodara won the Rookie award. [18] [19]

Robocon India 2017

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Robocon India 2017

The Robocon India 2017 took place in the Shri Shiv Chhatrapati Krida Sankul, Pune on 2–4 March 2017. The contest theme has been declared as "Asobi: The Landing Disc”. College of Engineering, Pune won the competition. Maharashtra Institute of Technology, Pune, was the first runner-up. [19]

Robocon India 2016

The National ABU Robocon 2016 took place in the Shri Shiv Chhatrapati Krida Sankul, Pune on 3–5 March 2016. The theme for Robocon 2016 has been declared as Chai-Yo: Clean Energy Recharging the World. Vadodara Institute of Engineering, Vadodara won the National ABU Robocon 2016 Contest. [19] College of Engineering, Pune, was the first runner-up.

Robocon India 2015

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 contest 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. U.V.Patel College of Engineering, Mehsana, Gujarat won the Best Idea Award. Additionally, Team Rudra from Marathwada Mitra Mandal's College of Engineering, just in its first year of competition won the "Best Rookie Award".

Robocon India 2014

The National ABU Robocon 2014 was held in the Badminton Hall of the Shree Shiv Chhatrapati Sports Complex, Balewadi, Pune from 6 March to 8 March 2014. The theme for Robocon 2014 declared by MITAOE was A Salute to Parenthood. Institute of Technology, Nirma University, Ahmedabad won the National Contest while Veermata Jijabai Technological Institute (VJTI), Mumbai were the First Runner-up. Both these Institutes got the chance to represent India in the international contest. MIT Robocon Tech Team representing Maharashtra Institute of Technology, Pune was the second runner-up. [21] [22] [23]

The International ABU Robocon 2014 was held in India. Lạc Hồng University, Vietnam won the International ABU Robocon 2014 held at Balewadi, Pune. [24]

Robocon India 2013

The National ABU Robocon 2013 was held in the Badminton Hall of the Shree Shiv Chhatrapati Sports Complex, Balewadi, Pune. MIT Tech Team from Maharashtra Institute of Technology won the contest and represented India in the international contest.

The International ABU Robocon 2013 was held in Danang, Vietnam. The Theme for Robocon 2013 declared by VTV was The Green Planet. The International ABU Robocon 2013 was won by Kanazawa Institute of Technology, Japan.

Robocon India 2012

The National ABU Robocon 2012 was held in the Boxing Arena of The Shree Shiv Chhatrapati Sports Complex, Balewadi, Pune. MIT Tech Team from Maharashtra Institute of Technology won the contest and represented India in the international contest and L. D. College of Engineering won the best innovative design award.

The theme for ABU Robocon 2012 was declared by Hong Kong as Peng On Dai Gat. It was won by University of Electronic Science and Technology of China.

Robocon India 2011

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Robocon India 2011

The Theme for Robocon 2011 declared by Thailand was Krathong, Lighting Happiness with Friendship. It was won by Institute of Technology, Nirma University and this institute got a chance to represent India at International Robocon 2011. The winner of ABU Robocon 2011 was Dhurakij Pundit University from Thailand.

Robocon India 2010

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Robocon 2010 Winner: MIT, Pune

The theme for Robocon 2010 declared by Egypt was Robo-Pharaohs Build Pyramids.

It was won by MIT Robocon Tech Team from MIT Pune. [25]

Robocon India 2009

The official theme was Kago, the traditional Japanese palanquin, carried by human beings replaced by robots. It was won by IIT Madras.

Robocon India 2008

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Robocon India 2008

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. It was won by Institute of Technology, Nirma University, Ahmedabad. Runner-up was MIT Robocon Tech Team from MIT Pune. Both teams represented India at ABU Robocon as the host country was allowed to send two teams. [26]

Robocon India 2007

It was won by IIT Delhi.

Robocon India 2006

Robocon India 2005

Total 14 teams participated in the contest held on 24–25 June 2005 at MIT, Pune. The theme was Climb The Great Wall And Light The Holy Fire.

It was won by IIT Bombay. [27]

Robocon India 2004

Total 12 teams participated in the contest held on 26–27 June 2004 at Institute of Technology, Nirma University, Ahmedabad. The theme was Reunion of Separated Lovers, Gyeonu and Jingnyeo.

It was won by VESIT, Mumbai, while L. D. College of Engineering, Ahmedabad was runner-up. [28]

Awards

Robocon India 2003

Total seven teams from five different universities participated in the contest held on 13–14 July 2003 at Nirma Institute, Ahmedabad. The theme was Takraw Space Conqueror.

It was won by Institute of Technology, Nirma University, Ahmedabad. [29]

Robocon India 2002

Four teams from three different universities participated in the contest held at IIT Kanpur on July 20–21, 2002. The theme was Reach for the top of Mt. Fuji and the participating teams were VESIT, Mumbai; IIT Kanpur and Institute of Technology, Nirma University, Ahmedabad.

It was won by Institute of Technology, Nirma University, Ahmedabad. [29]

Results

YearHost cityHost BroadcasterThemeGrand PrixNational Winner [30] [31] Indian Contest Co Organised by [30] [31]
2002 Flag of Japan.svg Tokyo, Japan NHK Reach for the Top of Mount Fuji Flag of Vietnam.svg Ho Chi Minh City University of Technology Flag of India.svg Institute of Technology, Nirma University IIT Kanpur
2003 Flag of Thailand.svg Bangkok, Thailand MCOT Takraw Space Conqueror Flag of Thailand.svg Sawangdandin Industrial and Community Education College Flag of India.svg Institute of Technology, Nirma University Nirma University, Ahmedabad
2004 Flag of South Korea.svg Seoul, South Korea KBS Reunion of Separated Lovers, Gyeonu & Jingnyeo Flag of Vietnam.svg Ho Chi Minh City University of Technology Flag of India.svg VESIT, Mumbai Nirma University, Ahmedabad
2005 Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Beijing, China CCTV Climb on the Great Wall Light the Holy Fire Flag of Japan.svg University of Tokyo Flag of India.svg IIT Bombay MIT, Kothrud Pune
2006 Flag of Malaysia.svg Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia RTM Building the World's Tallest Twin Tower Flag of Vietnam.svg Ho Chi Minh City University of Technology Flag of India.svg Institute of Technology, Nirma UniversityMIT, Kothrud Pune
2007 Flag of Vietnam.svg Hanoi, Vietnam VTV Halong Bay Discovery Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Xi'an Jiaotong University Flag of India.svg IIT, Delhi MIT, Kothrud Pune
2008 Flag of India.svg Pune, India Doordarshan Govinda Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Xi'an Jiaotong University Flag of India.svg Institute of Technology, Nirma University [26] MIT, Kothrud Pune
2009 Flag of Japan.svg Tokyo, JapanNHKTravel Together for the Victory Drums Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Harbin Institute of Technology Flag of India.svg IIT Madras MITSOT, Pune & MITAOE
2010 Flag of Egypt.svg Cairo, Egypt ERTU Robo-Pharaohs built pyramids Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg University of Electronic Science and Technology of China Flag of India.svg MIT Robocon Tech Team [25] MITAOE
2011 Flag of Thailand.svg Bangkok, ThailandMCOT Loy Krathong, Lightning Happiness with friendship Flag of Thailand.svg Dhurakij Pundit University Flag of India.svg Institute of Technology, Nirma UniversityMITAOE
2012 Flag of Hong Kong.svg Hong Kong RTHK Peng On Dai Gat (In pursuit of peace and prosperity) Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg University of Electronic Science and Technology of China Flag of India.svg MIT Robocon Tech Team [32] MITAOE
2013 Flag of Vietnam.svg Đà Nẵng, VietnamVTVThe Green Planet Flag of Japan.svg Kanazawa Institute of Technology Flag of India.svg MIT Robocon Tech TeamMITAOE
2014 Flag of India.svg Pune, IndiaDoordarshanA Salute for Parenthood Flag of Vietnam.svg Lac Hong University Flag of India.svg Institute of Technology, Nirma UniversityMITAOE
2015 Flag of Indonesia.svg Yogyakarta, Indonesia Indonesia Badminton Flag of Vietnam.svg Hung Yen University of Technology and Education Flag of India.svg Institute of Technology, Nirma UniversityMITAOE
2016 Flag of Thailand.svg Bangkok, Thailand Modernine TV/MCO Clean Energy Recharging the World Flag of Malaysia.svg Universiti Teknologi Malaysia Flag of India.svg Vadodara Institute of Engineering, Kotambi VadodaraMITAOE
2017 Flag of Japan.svg Tokyo, JapanNHKThe Landing Disc [33] Flag of Vietnam.svg Lac Hong University Flag of India.svg College of Engineering, Pune MITAOE
2018 Flag of Vietnam.svg Ninh Bình, VietnamVTVThe Flying Dragon Flag of Vietnam.svg Lac Hong University Flag of India.svg Institute of Technology, Nirma UniversityMITAOE
2019 Flag of Mongolia.svg Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia [34] Mongolian National Broadcaster Great Urtuu Flag of Hong Kong.svg The Chinese University of Hong Kong Flag of India.svg L. D. College of Engineering Ahmedabad IIT Delhi
2020 Flag of Fiji.svg Suva, FijiROBO RUGBY 7sMIT PuneIIT Dehli

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