Key Points
• The ABU Robocon 2022 will be held in New Delhi, India in August 2022.
• Doordarshan will be hosting the international finals of Robocon 2022 in August next year.
• Robocon is an International Robot Competition organized by ABU (Asia-Pacific Broadcasting Union) and hosted by different member countries every year.
ABU Robocon 2021 was hosted by China wherein the international Robocon contest was held on December 12, 2021.
Teams from Nirma University and Gujarat Technological University (GTU), Ahmedabad, who were the India finalists, participated in the international contest from India.
This competition is based on various themes. The theme of DD Robocon 2022 will be Lagori.
Started by Asia-Pacific Broadcasting Union (ABU) in 2002, ABU Robocon pits Robots against each other in completion of a task in a given period of time.
According to ABU Robocon, the contest aims to create friendship among young people with similar interests who will lead their countries in the 21st century, as well as help advance engineering and broadcasting technologies in the region.
