Robocon India 2007 begins in India

Pune March 1 For the IT lovers of Pune and especially those who have a leaning towards robotics, MIT and Doordarshan will host the Robocon India 2007 at MIT, Pune, on March 2 and 3.
The theme for Robocon 2007 is Ha Long Bay Discovery.
Announcing this here, Dr Sunil Karad, Executive Director, MIT Group of Institutes, said the rules of Robocon 2007 are built based on the legend of the Ha Long Bay Discovery. A team of robots (symbolizing dragons) will carry the blocks having the shape of cylinder (symbolising pearls) to build various kinds of islands symbolising `Ha Long'; and `Bai T u Long' .The first team to complete the building of `Victory islands' (in the shape of letter V in the centre of the Game Field) will be the winner.
Duration of the game is three minutes. The event will be covered live on Doordarshan, DD Sports and Sahyadri Regional Channel. The winning team will represent the country at Robocon 2007 to be held in Vietnam on August 26.
The Asia Pacific Broadcasters Union, which has membership of more than 100 broadcasters from 50 countries around the world, initiated Robocon in Tokyo in the year 2002. Doordarshan India, being one of the broadcast members of ABU, Doordarshan Robocon India came into existence.
Dr Karad said that Robocon is an Asia Pacific event, where engineers think originally and make their own machines, without looking at the existing products. This year there are 25 teams participating.
Dr Karad said MIT and Doordarshan would also be hosting Robocon 2008 Asia Pacific International Event at Pune. The event will have 25 teams from all over Asia Pacific participating.