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UiTM Bravo from Universiti Teknologi Mara Shah Alam

TEAM SUPERVISOR: Noorfadzli Bin Abdul Razak

TEAM MEMBERS: Muhammad Rafie Bin Sazali
Nurul Adibah Binti Md Najib

ABSTRACT

ROBOCON is a game where university students compete to complete a task within a time

limit. This competition consists of making two robots with different functions. In this case

they are the Messenger Robot 1 (MR1) and the Messenger Robot 2 (MR2). The MR1 is a
messenger robot with a given task to deliver the Gerege to the MR2. When the MR2

retrieved the Gerege, it will proceed to the Mountain.

1.0 INTRODUCTION

The Asia-Pacific Robot Contest (ABU ROBOCON) is an Asian-Oceanian College
Robotic Competition, founded in 2002 by Asia-Pacific Broadcasting Union. In the

competition, the team needs to build two robots which consists of a manual robot and an

autonomous four-legged robot. Legged robot is known as a higher level mobility as it can
walk over uneven terrains without non-holonomic constrains [1].

In ROBOCON 2019, two teams compete to complete a task within a time limit of
three minutes. The team will achieve a knock out (KO) victory if they straightway complete

the game [2]. If neither team manages to complete the game within the time limit, the team
with higher score will be declared a winner. The contest aims to encourage teamwork among

young people with similar interests, as well as helping in the advance of Robotics Culture

within the region.
The event is broadcasted in many countries through ABU member broadcasters.

Each year, the competition provides different problem statement and two or more robots
must be used to complete the tasks. One of the robots is manually controlled while the other

is automatic. The best robots usually weight more than 10 kg and span in one square meter

area. To build the robots, contestants, who are restricted to be undergraduate students, must
possess a good knowledge in programming, mechanical design and electronic circuit design.

While constructing the robots, some problems have been examined. One of the
problems is the mechanical design of the robot, which is the frequent changes in design.

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