NIT Robocon Studio as a representative for Japan has won second place in The Asia Pacific Robocon Contest in Pune, India. The winner is the Lac Hong University, Vietnam.

The Asia-Pacific Robot Contest (ABU Robocon) is an Asian Oceanian College robot competition, founded in 2002 by Asia-Pacific Broadcasting Union. In the competition robots compete to complete a task within a set period of time. The event is to broadcast in many countries through ABU member broadcasters. Each year the competition has a different theme declared by the host country. The theme of this year is "A Salute to Parenthood."

Preliminary round:
Japan vs Republic of Korea - Victory with SHABAASH (Well done!)
Japan vs Mongolia - No score because of troubles

Quarter finals:
Japan vs Russia - Victory with SHABAASH (Well done!)
Quarter final YouTube

Semifinal game:
Japan vs Thailand - Victory with SHABAASH (Well done!)

Final game:
Japan vs Vietnam - Lost by a hair

The Asia-Pacific Robot Contest (ABU Robocon) will be broadcast from AM 9:05
on 23 September (Tuesday) on NHK General.

Semifinal game

Award ceremony

NITech supporters

Communication with other teams

Reception on 23 August