Vietnamese Robocon team LH-LED from Lac Hong University

Cairo (VNA) – The Vietnamese Robocon team LH-LED from Lac Hong University
came in the second place in the 2010 Asia-Pacific Robocon contest, held in the
Egyptian capital city of Cairo on September 21.

In the Group D, the Vietnamese team surpassed Japanese and Malaysian teams to take
the first place. It continued to beat the Egyptian host team in the quarterfinal
and the Hong Kong team in the semifinal.

China defeated the Vietnamese team in the final round to win the
championship this year.

“We have set the target to bring home the third prize, thus, the result is seen
as a success to the whole team”, said Dang Huy So, the Vietnamese team’s head.


The Vietnamese team has also been honoured with an award from the contest’s
sponsor Panasonic.

With the theme “Robo-Pharaohs Build Pyramids”, 17 teams from 16 countries and
territories in the region competed to build three pyramids within three minutes.
The winner is the team who finishes the task in the shortest time.

Originally launched in Japan in 2002, Robocon is an annual contest held by the
Asia-Pacific Broadcasting Union, to encourage robotic inventions by young people
in the region.

The next Robocon contest is scheduled to be held in Thailand.-Enditem










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