TOKYO: 26th November 2007 -- The 20th ROBOCON competition held
annually amongst Japanese technical schools, and sponsored by NHK
National Television Network, was broadcast nationally on the afternoon
of 25th November. The Salesian Polytech Team, led by Professor
Yonemori, and made up of ten members, took out the overall ROBOCON
prize, while the actual competition of the day was won by the technical
school from Fukuoka. The 'Salesio' team was rewarded for its
'originality, creativity and high technical ability'.
The final competition took place amongst teams which
had survived earlier competitions at regional level, leaving just 25
teams to battle it out at the end. The competition consisted of
building a robot which could wrest a flag from its opposition robots,
by extending a long spear-like arm, while at the same time protecting
its own flag!
Robots of all shapes and sizes were lined up to do
battle. The teams had thought up all kinds of original robots for
the task which had spectator and television viewers holding their
breath, caught up in the suspense of it all.
There will be a replay on national television on
26th and 29th December, broadcast simultaneously via a satellite
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