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Aug. 20, 2016: The results of the IDC RoBoCon 2016 final round [IDC RoBoCon 2016 Competition Results ( 1.47 MB) Download] or Click Here !!
Aug. 8, 2016: MTEC, NSTDA in cooperation with Faculty of Engineering, Chulalongkorn University hold the press conference on "IDC RoBoCon 2016" being held in Thailand. (See detail Click Here) [IDC RoBoCon 2016 Brochure (42 MB) Download]
Introduction
IDC is an educational event that has been hold since 1990 to foster and develop creativity, technique and international experience of young future engineers. Every year, rotate the contests host by the universities in the various parts of the world.
International teams of students take part of the contest, designing and building remotely controlled robots. The IDC is not a competition of one country or university against another, but an exercise of communication and cooperation among students, professors and instructors from the different Engineering Schools involved. The IDC is an unforgettable experience for all.
The main goals of International Design Contest are simulating creativity, application of theoretical knowledge in practice, cooperation among countries and having fun.
National Metal and Materials Technology Center (MTEC), Chulalongkorn University, Chiang Mai University, Prince of Songkla University, Suranaree University of Technology and Panyapiwat Institute of Management in Thailand host IDC this year. On August 8th, the teams were formed, and the rules were revealed. The teams have only 10 days to design and build their machines, using the material provided by the kit. Each team received and identical kit containing approximately 60 parts. With their creativity and their basic Engineering knowledge, each one of the teams have to work cooperatively in order to overcome the challenges proposed by the theme of IDC Robocon 2016.
