Students of the Military Technical Academy have the opportunity to understand more deeply about the Dien Bien Phu campaign in 1954 and the Dien Bien Phu aerial campaign in 1972 through the Robocon competition - Illustration photo: HVKTQS
Information from the Military Technical Academy, the unit has just launched the Robocon competition to celebrate the 80th anniversary of the founding of the Vietnam People's Army (December 22, 12 - December 1944, 22).
With the theme "Proud history - Bright future", the organizing committee wishes to propagate to generations of officers, teachers, employees, cadets, non-commissioned officers - soldiers and students of the Academy. Military techniques about the heroic historical traditions of the Vietnam People's Army, about the campaigns and battles that have made history and are the pride of our army during 80 years of construction and growth.
At the same time, it demonstrates the determination to build a lean, compact, strong and modern Vietnam People's Army in the new era, ready to fight to protect every inch of land, sea and airspace of the Fatherland.
Major General Mai Quang Huy - deputy director of the Military Technical Academy - said that the Robocon competition targets students of the academy and universities and technical colleges who are young and enthusiastic. , passionate about robots.
Thereby, creating a vibrant playground for students to exchange, learn and master technology, encourage and promote scientific and technical creativity, contributing to promoting the development of the economy. Vietnam automation industry.
New to this year's competition are historical events used in the 2024 Robocon competition, including the Dien Bien Phu campaign event in 1954 and the Dien Bien Phu aerial campaign in 1972.
According to the contest rules, each team registering to participate in the contest will design and build two competing robots: ROBOT-M (semi-automatic robot controlled by hand) and ROBOT-A (automatic robot).
The teams' robots must perform two tasks in sequence: completely destroy bases in the Dien Bien Phu campaign and destroy mobile targets (flying targets) in the airborne Dien Bien Phu campaign.
It is expected that the qualifying round of the competition will take place in October 10 and the final round will take place in early November 2024.
