Robocon Vietnam 2012 quarter-final, semi-final and final matches (held by Vietnam Television) took place at the Military Zone 7 Sports House (Ho Chi Minh City) on May 13,. LH - CACTUS from Lac Hong University (Dong Nai Province) succeeded in protecting its third championship position against BK – SPIRIT of the Da Nang University of Technology in the final match.
For the championship, LH – Cactus was awarded a prize of 40 million VND and 2 other ones from the Asia - Pacific Broadcasting Union and the contest’s sponsor Toyota as well. Lac Hong university also won extra prizes including Best Technology Idea Award (LH - King Omega), Best Automatic Machine (LH - Z0 2T), Best Technology (LH – TNT), third award for LH- Cactus 1 and the second prize at Robocon Tech Show 2012 with the robot product controlled by gestures and voices.
LH-Cactus2 from Lac Hong University retains the position
for the third time
This is the third consecutive year that Lac Hong University has been the representative from Vietnam to take part in the 11th ABU Asia-Pacific Robot Contest 2012 which will be held in Hong Kong, China this August.