ITS Polytechnic wins Indonesian robot contest<\/p>\n
Zakki Hakim, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta<\/p>\n
A.I.syah, a robot designed by a team from the Sepuluh November
\nInstitute of Technology (ITS) Polytechnic in Surabaya, won the
\nIndonesian Robot Competition 2003 on Saturday.<\/p>\n
The institute, their third win in three years, will represent
\nIndonesia in the Asia Pacific Robot Competition to be held in
\nBangkok on Aug. 24.<\/p>\n
A new team from Gadjah Mada University, Yogyakarta, came
\nsecond with their creation called EA-2.<\/p>\n
The competition featured 60 robots designed by 32 teams from
\n25 universities from across the country.<\/p>\n
Each team was required to design manual and or automatic
\nrobots that could shoot or place a small ball into one of 27
\nrings circling above in an area six meters in diameter.<\/p>\n
The rings were located in the center, inner or outer zones,
\nwith the center worth five points, the inner zone two points and
\nthe outer zone one point.<\/p>\n
In each game, two teams competed, with the team scoring the
\nmost points declared the winner.<\/p>\n
Last year, the ITS team, whose robot was named "Ellite",
\nfailed in the international competition in Tokyo, where a robot
\nfrom Vietnam called "Telematic" won.<\/p>\n
In 2001, the ITS team won the international competition held
\nby NHK TV station in Koriyama, Japan. The winning robot was named
\n"B-Cak".<\/p>\n
The contest has been held four times, the first three at ITS.
\nThis year was the first time the competition was held in Jakarta.<\/p>",
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