ITB Wins at the 2014 Indonesian Robot Contest
ITB Robotics Unit (URO) which includes many students from the School of Electrical Engineering and Informatics as representatives of ITB once again brought honor to the alma mater in the national level robotics competition, the Indonesian Robot Contest (KRI) 2014. The annual competition hosted by Yogyakarta State University was held on Tuesday-Friday (24-27/06/2014). ITB managed to win two trophies in this competition, namely the Best Artistic award and also the Hope Champion.
The national KRI was attended by 104 teams from universities across Indonesia. These teams were the ones that successfully passed the regional selection stage. ITB, which had won the General Champion title in the KRI Regional II, succeeded in sending four teams to compete: the Parivara team in the Indonesian ABU Robot Contest (KRAI) category, the Dago Hoogeschool team in the Indonesian Football Robot Contest (KRSBI) category, the Viva La Ganesha team in the Indonesian Fire Extinguishing Robot Contest (KRPAI) Legged division, and the Dago Concordia team in the Indonesian Art Robot Contest (KRSI) category.
All ITB teams made it to the top eight in each category they participated in. "For teams from other universities, the Sepuluh Nopember Institute of Technology (ITS) and the Surabaya State Electronic Polytechnic (PENS) are still the toughest opponents," explained URO chairman Andini Noviana (Electrical Engineering 2011). The Dago Hoogeschool team, consisting of Primawan Dwi Nugroho (Electrical Engineering 2011), Muhammad Luqman (Electrical Engineering 2011), and Hannan Prasasta Widyadana (Physics 2011), made it to the quarterfinals and won the Hope Champion trophy for the KRSBI category. In addition, the Dago Concordia team consisting of Yaqub Aris Prabowo (Electrical Engineering 2011), Bima Nugraha Sanusi (Electrical Engineering 2011), and Sholehhudin Al Ayubi (Physics 2011) also won the Best Artistic award for the KRSI category.
"Although we encountered minor issues during the competition, thank God, this year has been an improvement compared to previous years. We've tried our best, but the results this year haven't been optimal." Insya Allah "Next year we will fight so that the results can be even better," added Andini.
Sumber: itb.ac.id