HCM City’s university takes Robocon 2010 champ

LH LED team from HCM City’s Lac Hong University won first prize at the Vietnam Robot Contest 2010, or Robocon, on Sunday night, May 16 in Dak Lak.

The final game between LH LED and VOI 03.

This year robots had to build a pyramid.

LH LED’s rival in the final game was VOI 03 from the Hanoi Industrial University. Thanks to VOI 03’s tactical mistake, LED became the winner.

Besides the championship, LH LED also received the prize for having the most interesting solutions from the event donor.

LH LED defeated another team from Lac Hong University in the semi-finals.

The list of Robocon 2010 winners:

First prize + 60 million dong and $1000 from the Asia-Pacific Broadcast and Television Union (ABU): Lac Hong University’s LH LED team

Second prize + 25 million dong: Hanoi Industry University’s VOI 03

Other prizes go with 10 million dong bonus, including:

The first third prize: Lac Hong University’s LH BEE

The second third prize: Hung Yen Technological Teacher Training University’s NAT PRO

Technology Prize: Hanoi Industry University’s VOI 03

Prize for Idea: Sao Do University’s Sao Do SD Pro

Prize for the best robot controlled manually: HCM City Technology University’s BKit Lighting

The best automatic robot: HCM City Technology University’s BKit 4U

Style Prize: HCM City Technology University’s BKit Bomby

Promising team: Dak Lak Vocational Training School’s TCN DAKLAK

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