In Forthcoming world the robotic role of our all possibility making curious- furious, dramatic whatever, Beginning from today, the international finals of Robocon 2008 held at the Maharashtra Institute of Technology (MIT) campus, Initiated by the Asia Pacific Broadcasting Union (ABU),, the competition will see robotic Govindas recreating the traditional dahi-handi scene, and will be attended by 17 teams from 16 countries.
Robocon is a prestigious international event for engineering students, which involves participants designing robots with a given theme. The theme of this year's finals is the Dahi-handi. The competition organized in different countries for the last 8 years.
The organizers emphasize that the theme reflect the culture and tradition of the host country, at the same time not very complicated to understand for the other participating countries. India first time hosts the finals. ABU deputy secretary, Nomuru Minami, who visited Pune to oversee the arrangements, said, "The theme of making human pyramids is interesting and not too difficult for the foreign teams to understand." The competition will see participation by different countries from Japan to Egypt. The team representing each country is the national-level winner of Robocon in that country.
The purpose of conducting this mega inter-collegiate competition is to motivate students to design and develop robots themselves. Over 500 foreign academicians and delegates, along with a number of national academicians and other students, will visit the city during the competition. Those who cannot be present at the venue can catch all the action live on Doordarshan
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