Kogakuin University's robot project "KRP" has passed the final screening of "NHK Student Robocon 2016" and has participated in the main race for the ninth consecutive year.

 "NHK Student Robocon" is a robot contest in which students from universities and colleges of technology from all over the country participate.The winning team will represent Japan in the "ABU Asia-Pacific Robot Contest", a world competition held in Bangkok, Thailand.

 The theme of the 2016 Games is "energy".The match is a battle format, using two robots, an eco-robot and a hybrid robot.The eco-robot will carry the propeller and cross the three obstacle zones, the hybrid robot will receive the propeller, and the team that climbs the pole and quickly attaches the propeller to the top wins.

 In this presented task, document screening, 1st and 2nd video screening will be conducted based on the certainty of completing the task, uniqueness of the idea, and future growth potential, and 24 teams such as Kogakuin University will be selected. Was done.

 Kogakuin University's KRP, which has participated in the finals for nine consecutive years, is a student project of Kogakuin University that started in 9 with a focus on robot production. He is active with the goal of participating in the "NHK Robocon" and participating in the world championships as a representative of Japan.Students perform all processes from the stage of coming up with robot ideas to production, and learn the technology related to robot production from the basics, as well as production schedule management, budget management, team building, etc. when producing robots as a team. Students do it themselves.The comprehensive strength of this practical robot production has been the driving force behind the final selection for the ninth consecutive year.

KRP will face the stage of the decisive battle to be held at the Ota Ward General Gymnasium on July 2016, 7, aiming to win the long-cherished wish.

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