"ABU Robocon" is a robot contest that has been held since 2002 with the participation of universities in the Asia-Pacific region.The content of the competition is different every year, and in 2017, when Japan became the host country, the competition was held under the theme of "The Landing Disc" with the motif of Tosenkyo *, a traditional Japanese game. It was conducted.

　The competition is a three-minute battle format with two teams, in which the robots of each team fly soft discs up to 2 to seven spots with different heights and distances placed on the field and put them on.If you drop the ball on the spot within the match time and put the disc on all seven spots, you will say "APPARE!" And you will win at that moment.

　18 teams from 19 countries / regions participated in the qualifying league, and Tokyo Institute of Technology passed in 2nd place in the qualifying.Although he defeated Tribhuvan University in Nepal in the quarter-finals, he was unfortunately defeated in the semi-finals against Vietnam national team Rakuhon University, who has won the tournament for the fifth consecutive time.As a result, he won the fighting award as the best 5 while appearing for the first time.Rakuhon University won the championship for the sixth time.

　Mr. Yasuki Yamada, the representative of Team Maquinista who had a good fight while appearing for the first time, said, "From the run of the test run the day before the tournament, I think that the team members were able to respond well. I was keenly aware of the height of the wall of the world tournament. I want my juniors to use this as a basis to win the NHK Student Robocon next year as well. "The contest will be broadcast on NHK General TV from 2017:9 on September 18, 10.

* Tosenkyo is a traditional Japanese game in which a fan is thrown and a target set on a table is dropped to compete for points.