1. The Asia-Pacific Robot contest (ABU Robocon) Founded-2002 Vatsal N Shah Indus University

2. About ROBOCON  Founded by Asia-Pacific Broadcasting Union  In the competition robots compete to complete a task within a set period of time  Aim To create friendship among young people with similar interests who will lead their countries in the 21 st century, as well as help advanced engineering

3.  Each year the competition has different topics, but generally speaking three or more robots must be used to complete the tasks.  The best robot usually more then 10kg & span in 1sq meter area.  To build the robots, contestants who are required to be undergraduate students, must process rich knowledge in programming mechanical design & electronics circuit design.

4. History of Robocon Year & Host City/Country ThemeABU WinnerNational Winner 2002 Tokyo, Japan " Reach for The Top of Mt.Fuji" Ho Chi Minh City University of Technology, Vietnam Institute of Technology, Nirma University 2003 Bangkok, Thailand "Takraw Space Conqueror" Sawangdandi n Industrial and Community Education College, Thailand Institute of Technology, Nirma University 2004 Seoul, Korea "Reunion of Separated Lovers, Gyeonwoo & Jiknyeo" Ho Chi Minh City University of Technology, Vietnam VESIT, Mumbai 2005 Beijing, China “Climb on the Great Wall Light the Holy Fire” The University of Tokyo, Japan IIT Bombay 2006 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia “Building the World’s Tallest Twin Tower” Ho Chi Minh City University of Technology, Vietnam Institute of Technology, Nirma University 2007 Hanoi, Vietnam “Halong Bay Discovery” XI an Jiaotong University, China IIT, Delhi 2008 MIT Pune, India “Govinda Touch the Sky” XI an Jiaotong University, China Institute of Technology, Nirma University 2009 Tokyo, Japan “Travel Together for the Victory Drums” Harbin Institute of Technology, China IIT Chennai 2010 Cairo, Egypt “Robo- Pharaohs Build Pyramids” University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, China MAEER's MIT, Pune 2011 Bangkok, Thailand “Lay Krathong, Lighting Happiness with Friendship” Dhurakij Pundit University Thailand Institute of Technology, Nirma University Hongkong (Scheduled on 19 th August 2012) “In Pursuit of Peace and Prosperity” University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, China MAEER's MIT, Pune Vietnam (Scheduled on 19 th August 2013) “The Green Planet” Scheduled on 19 th August 2013 MAEER's MIT, Pune

5. Robocon 2014 The host of the Robocon 2014 is INDIA. Theme of the 2014 will be declared in August 2013. National level competition will be host by MIT, Pune. From India there were 62 teams. participated in the Robocon 2012 national level competition and 96 teams in 2013.

6. Indus Robocon 2014 The Concept The concept was to develop knowledge, creativity & Innovations among students of Indus University. From Robocon Students will become aware with the latest technology. We will achieve our motto “Practice Meets Theory” from Robocon. From this competition students will learn to work under pressure & gain skills of marketing & management.

7. Benefits to Indus University University will gain the reputation in the technical society World class technology awareness among the students which will help them in the placements At national and International level people will come to know about Indus University & its prospective.

8. Our Aim  We want to participate in the ABU Robocon 2014.  To make our university students well sound about the Robocon & futuristic technology.  Participation of the Indus University at the international level Robocon will raise the standards of the students as well as the University

9.  Our requirements are as below :-  Three experienced faculty  One class or hall for the experiments setups  EC & EEE laboratories  Permission for the Workshop(Advanced Robotics)  Need custom equipments form Lab.  Mechanical Workshop  Extra collage time

10. The Work Flow of Team  The team include total 30 students of the branch as Mechanical, EC, EEE, Computer and Automobile.

11. Process of Selection  The selection process can be done by two methods - Process 1 :-  Written Test –Technical Questions  Task Completion – According to Field  Personal Interview – Faculty & students Coordinators OR Process 2 :-  Arrange Workshop  Give the task to students according to fields  Personal Interview – Student Coordinator

12. Special Thanks to, STEALTH GROUP