Introduction
This year’s National Robotics Competition was held during the September school holidays. Same as the previous year, we sent 3 senior teams and 6 junior teams to participate in this year’s competition.
Senior category (JC)
This year, the mission is to create a robot that modernizes the network within a central location. The robot has to pick up and install node devices in a certain orientation that is determined by scanning a series of blocks. Lastly, they would have to establish a connection by placing a fiber optic cable between the empty spaces in the central location.
As a whole, preparations went more smoothly compared to previous years and 2 out of 3 teams placed in the top 10, earning them a spot in the finals. Inspite of an unfortunate stall in the program during the final run, team Milo Gao Kosong performed well enough to finish 3rd overall, bagging mutiple awards along the way.
Junior category (HS)
This year, the mission is to design a robot that can replace old light bulbs with smart lights. The robot take new smart lights from the storage area and bring them into different rooms (red, blue, yellow, and green areas) in the building. In addition, the robot will find old light bulbs and bring them to the trash area.
Similarly, progress was much better this year and about half the teams could achieve a full point run. We were pleased that 3 of 6 teams made it into the finals by placing in the top 20 out of a pool of over 100 teams. Unfortunately, we were unable to deal with the surprise mission effectively and failed to repeat the successes we achieved last year in this category.
Final award tally:
Senior category
- 3rd Overall (Milo Gao Kosong)
- 2nd Best Programming Award (Milo Gao Kosong)
- 3rd Best Presentation Award (Milo Gao Kosong)
- Best Content Award (Salad Juice)
- 2/3 teams in top 10 (Pure Water, Milo Gao Kosong)
Junior category
- Best Programming Award (Teh Tarik)
- Best Content Award (Distilled Water)
- 3/6 teams in top 20 (Teh Tarik, Bundung, H20)
