Thanksgiving Ceremony For ABU Robocon 2005 Team
By Liza Mohd

Kuala Belait - A thanksgiving ceremony to mark Brunei's participation in the Asia-Pacific Broadcasting Union Robot Contest (ABU Robocon) 2005 was held yesterday morning at Jefri Bolkiah Engineering College (MKJB) in Kuala Belait.

In his welcoming speech, Acting Principal of MKJB, Cikgu Ibrahim bin Hj Abdul Rahman, said the ABU Robocon required participants to make robots from scratch to completion, according to the annual theme, field and rules. Contestants consisted of top universities or robotic research institutions from countries such as Japan, China and Vietnam.

The college team, SAMOT, he added had worked odd hours to complete the project using second-hand automotive motors, toy motors and baby-stroller wheels, which team members modified to make the robots.

Cikgu Ibrahim further stated that the college has already represented the country twice in Seoul, Korea, with the performance and functionality of their robots significantly improving each time.

This year the SAMOT team again won the robot contest at national level and for the third consecutive year represented Brunei at the ABU Robocon 2005 in Beijing, China. The team constructed a manual robot and six autonomous robots: At the local contest the team accumulated 57 points in two games and in Beijing, they collected 24 points in two games.

The robot's performance and team's performance impressed the sponsors of ABU Robocon 2005 and they won the special sponsor prize - the Toyota Award - for the country, the Acting Principal said.

Cikgu Ibrahim highlighted the struggle the team faced due to lack of attention from members of the public towards the project. He expressed gratitude to the 20 sponsors comprising major companies such as Brunei Shell Marketing Sdn Bhd and Islamic Bank of Brunei.

The thanksgiving ceremony was then followed with the presentation of the Toyota Award to MKJB by the SAMOT team and certificates of participation to team members.

The event concluded with a presentation of certificates f appreciation to sponsors' representatives. -- Courtesy of Borneo Bulletin

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