The 2012 National Robot Contest, Regional 2, was held at ITB Jatinangor.

BANDUNG, itb.ac.id - Last Saturday (26/05/2012), ITB Jatinangor became the venue for the 2012 National Robot Contest Regional 2. This event is a preliminary round for the 2012 National Robot Contest (KRN) national level which will be held on June 29 - July 1, 2012 at Sasana Budaya Ganesha, Bandung. Teams that pass the selection in regional 2 will later get the right to compete at the national level. This contest was attended by 67 teams from 29 universities from West Java, DKI Jakarta, and Banten.

KRN consists of three categories. Indonesian Robot Contest (KRI), Indonesian Intelligent Robot Contest (KRCI), and Indonesian Art Robot Contest (KRSI). For KRCI, it is divided into three divisions, namely the Legged division, the Wheeled division, and the Robo Soccer Humanoid League (RSHL) division. For KRI, the national level winner will be included in the ABU Robocon 2012 International Robot Contest which this year will be held in Hong Kong, China, on August 19, 2012. The theme for this year's KRI is "Grebeg Berkah Kedamai dan Kesejahteraan", in accordance with the theme of the International contest, namely "Peng On Dai Gat", In Pursuit of Peace and Prosperity.

For KRN Regional 2, ITB sent two teams for the KRCI Legged category, one team for the KRCI Wheeled category, one team for the KRCI RSHL category, and three teams for the KRI. For KRSI, there was no regional selection, and ITB teams competed directly at the national level.

From the ongoing competition, three teams from ITB have successfully qualified for the national competition. These three teams are Team Majreha (KRCI Berkaki, 1st Place), Team Ankusa (KRI, 2nd Place), and Team Dago Hoogeschool (KRCI RSHL, 3rd Place). The complete list of KRI KRCI Regional 2 winners can be found on the page. http://krn2012.itb.ac.id/daftar-pemenang-kri-krci-tingkat-wilayah-regional-2-tahun-2012/

Written by:
Gilang Ariawan Wicaksono
Electrical Power Engineering 2009