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Team Robocon

The Pride of Nirma

National Robocon 2018: Institute of Technology, Nirma University

crowned champions again!!

This was the headline that drove each and every Nirmaite into buoyancy
and immense gratification.

2nd March 2018, the day when every nirmaite was glued to their TV sets or cell
phones with fingers crossed, in extreme anticipation and watching anxiously

the thrilling finale between MIT(Pune) and NIRMA. Eventually, the results
flashed and NIRMA was announced the National level winner of the Robo-

con 2018 competition. That was the moment of sheer euphoria and pride for

each Nirmaite. To be recognized as the National Champions of one the big-
gest Robotic competition for 8 times is a huge achievement for any institute.

ROBOCON, the acronym for ROBOtics CONtest, organized by Asia Pacif-

ic Broadcasting Union (ABU) since 2002. In this competition, the team has
to design a robot, which has to complete a specified task within a stip-

ulated period of time. The team whose robot is able to perform the task
flawlessly and efficiently is declared as the winner. Every year the contest

is conducted by a member country who announces a theme for the com-
petition. The team should include an instructor, a team leader, a manu-

al robot operator, and an automatic robot operator. This contest main-

ly endeavors to create a platform where technical innovativeness of
budding scientists and engineers can be nurtured and given a practical shape.

Every year the team recruitment process starts after the national compe-
tition. The selection process takes place very systematically in 3 stages.

The first stage is the written test. One who clears written test is called for
the personal interview. The final phase of this process is called the pro-

bation period. Here the selected students are given certain tasks and are
constantly looked after by the present members. The one who completes

the tasks passionately is given the golden chance to be part of this invin-
cible family. At present this family consists of 15 such curious minds from

Electronics & Communication, Mechanical, Computer Science, Instrumen-

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