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called Uukhai. Thus, to build the MR2, first and foremost, the mechanical design of the

robot is drawn by using SOLIDWORKS. The fabrication of the main body and legs of the
MR2 will be based on the mechanical design drawn. The electrical components such as

Arduino Mega 2560, Power Window motors, photoelectric sensors will be used to control
and create the movement of the four-legged robot. The movement of the MR2 is

programmed by using Arduino IDE. The MR2 has been tested for many times in the game

field to ensure that it can complete all the tasks.

1.0 INTRODUCTION

ABU Asia-Pacific Robot Contest (ABU ROBOCON) is an Asian Oceonian College
robot competition, which was founded in 2002 by Asia-Pacific Broadcasting Union. In this

competition, robots will compete to complete multiple tasks within a period of time. Every
year, ROBOCON will be held in different countries which is also the member of Asia-

Pacific Broadcasting Union and the theme will be set based on the culture and significance

of the organising country. In 2019, ROBOCON was held in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia and the
theme is Sharing the knowledge which is related to the Urtuu system (horse relay postal

system) created under Genghis Khan in 1224. The Urtuu system was instrumental in the

expansion of the Mongolian Empire for the messenger for rest (feeding, replacing the horse)
and then relay to another messenger during delivering of mail [1]. The Urtuu system is

related to the theme because the Urtuu system has opened a new door for exchanging and
sharing of knowledge regardless of space. Besides, this competition also involves the

traditional Mongolian game, the Shagai [2].

In ROBOCON 2019, two team will compete in a game field in each round and two

robots are required for each team to complete the task, which one is manual, another one is
autonomous four-legged walking robot without wheels. The manual robot is called

Messenger Robot 1 the MR1, which will carry a Gerege, which is a tablet, which is known

as the world’s first foreign passport invented by Mongolian and deliver it to the autonomous
robot the MR2 at Gobi Urtuu (starting point of the MR2). The MR1 will starts at Khangai

Urtuu, which is the starting point, passing through the Forest and Bridge and passes the
Gerege to the MR2. Then the MR2 passes through the Sand Dune and Tussock, and move

to Mountain Urtuu, while the MR1 can pick up the Shagai. The MR1 will only be allowed
to enter the Throwing Zone and throw the Shagai, when the MR2 reaches Mountain Urtuu.

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