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The atmosphere was tensed at the game field. The three uncompleted pyramids stood still as 55 teams were struggling to conquer each of them.

History has repeated itself since year 2007, where the final match was conquered by both UTM Teams. After four days of long battle, the champion was then decided when the organizer finally announced, “JUARA BAGI PERTANDINGAN ROBOCON MALAYSIA 2010 DIMENANGI OLEH PASUKAN UTM B !!!”

It was a long and tough journey. Days were never satisfying after we were dethroned 3 years ago. There’s a saying that goes, “The higher you climb, the harder you fall”.

Yet, we knew that it’s part of our life process. There’s nothing that goes up but never comes down. What matter is how resilient are we after the 2 years of defeat and how to get ourselves standing up again after the fall.

It was also the pain of defeat and the desire to fight back that brought us here today. Running with our victory flag around the game field, standing on this stage, waving our team’s banner, and proudly proclaim, “WE ARE THE CHAMPION ONCE AGAIN !!!”

Much tears and sacrifice has been made, but all that was out weighted by the cry of victory and the joy we shared on the stage. It was not simply the victory of individual, but a great victory for the whole team and the university, especially our team manager.

Yet, the champion title is not the only thing we brought back from the competition. This year, all three teams did not come back empty handed, as each of them was awarded something valuable from the game.

Champion  :   UTM Team B

1st Runner Up  :  UTM Team A

Best Technology Award  :   UTM Team C

RTM Special Award  :   UTM Team B

There are still a few weeks left before the international game, which will be held at Cairo, Egypt. Despite the victory, we knew that there is still much for us to improve, to modify and repair before we are ready to face the bigger challenge ahead, to stand side by side with the best teams from other countries.

Though I may not be able to join you guys at Egypt, my heart and support will never leave the team.

ALL THE VERY BEST TO UTM ROBOCON TEAM IN THE ROBOCON INTERNATIONAL GAME 2010.

Time flies, and once again Robocon 2010 is here! This year, Malaysia Robocon domestic competition will be held at Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia from 22nd to 27th June 2010. The theme is “Robo-Pharaohs Build Pyramids“, in conjunction with the myth and history of the international game hosting country, Egypt.

For those of you who have no idea what’s Robocon, it’s an annual robotic competition where teams from different institutes of higher learning construct robots to complete certain tasks, and the team who manage to complete the tasks in the shortest time and scores the highest point wins the game.

This year, there will be 55 teams competing in Malaysia Domestic Game. The champion team will be representing Malaysia to the international game at Egypt.

Robocon 2006 Theme Song – With the Best of Them All

Some dreams are meant for dreaming

But mine was meant for more

There’s something about this feeling

That I’ve never felt before

It speaks to me of greatness

By the champions of Man

Then quietly it whispers

Saying I am one of them

So I will give my all

And I will reach the end

If you should see me fall

Be assured I’ll rise again

For I am not alone

On this weathered road to glory

So when you tell my story

Say that I stood tall

With the best of them all

I understand their passion

I recognize their name

It seems our revelation

Are one and the same

Then it dawns upon me

This is what it’s all about

May the best of us be greater

May the rest of us be proud

So I will give my all

And I will reach the end

If you should see me fall

Be assured I’ll rise again

For I am not alone

On this weathered road to glory

So when you tell my story

Say that I stood tall

With the best of them all

This will be my story

That I stood in glory

This will be my story

That I stood in glory

I will stand tall

With the best of them all…

For more information, kindly visit:

Robocon 2010 Malaysia Domestic Game

Robocon 2010 Egypt International Game

Though we didn’t make it for the past 2 years, that doesn’t stop us from continue trying…

If you should see me fall, be assured I’ll rise again!!!

Just wanna wish my juniors ALL THE VERY BEST in this year’s competition !!! May the best team win…

Went back to UTM last weekend to watch the combat between juniors in the final round of Beacon Conqueror 2009.

The combat zone

Chief judge briefing on rules and regulation

Introducing the soldiers:

Team 1

Team 2

Team 3

Team 4

Team 5

The objective of the game was to conquer any of the 3 victory beacons to achieve victory before the opponent. This game required good strategy planning and coorperation between the team members.

Ready and take off

Mini robots rumbling around the battlefield

Scoring center beacon

Robots clashing

Gripper loosen, scoring failed

Victory! Better still, scoring all 4 victory beacons!

After 20 rounds of battles, the game ended with Team 4 emerged as the champion. The winner is entitled for 2 movie tickets of Transformer: Revenge of the Fallen, popcorn and drinks plus couple seats (ouch…that’s gay… haha =P).

BBQ after the competition

The game went well and all the members were performing well. Our journey is still long ahead, full of obstacles. Nevertheless, we’ll try our very best to strive for the best.

This is the final year I’m joining the team. 2 years of participation has given me the opportunity to learn and having so much fun. It’s been the major part of my university life, knowing new friends and learn to be better in my field of study. Not to forget the countless sleepless nights we have endured together in the lab, rushing to complete our tasks, learning from seniors and teaching juniors, breaking the rules, copying homework in the lab together, getting injured, birthday celebrations, members “shooting” each other in the lab (in a joking way of course), sleeping during lectures, the disappointment of seeing our robots fail and the excitement of watching our robots running.

Though these 2 years we failed to regain our title, I am and will never regret of being part of the team. The memories will remain in my mind forever…

All the best to UTM Robocon Team! =)

It’s been a week since I started my internship, and it’s so boring… The boss in charge of training me has been quite busy and outstation, so I ended up doing my own stuffs most of the time in the office…

…And one of them is this, Beacon Conqueror 2009.

This is a robotic competition designed to train the members during holiday. The objective is to let them improve their mechanical, electronic and programming skills.

This year’s game is quite similar to the Vietnam game in year 2007. The Vietnam game has inspired me a lot and I think it is one of the best Robocon game ever all these years. It involves good strategy planning and good programming skills to complete the tasks. So this year, we decided to do something not totally the same, but similar as a training for the members.

Beacon Conqueror 2009 Game Field

The tasks is quite similar, except the game field is square instead of “spider-web”, and there are many more obstacles in the game field to make the path more challenging.

It is hoped that through this game, members are able to sharpen their hands-on skills, get motivated and further cultivate coorperation among them.

All the best to all team members for this holiday !