Students Awarded Princess Sirindhorn Trophy for Robotic Innovation

(18-04-2013)

The Office of the Vocational Education Commission (OVEC) organized the National Competition of Robotic Innovation for vocational students from 7 to 9 April 2013 at Ayutthaya Park Shopping Mall in Ayutthaya. Students winning the competition will be awarded a trophy from HRH Princess Maha Chakri Sirindhorn.

This year's main activities included the ABU robotic competition for vocational students. Entitled, "The Green Planet", the competition had 40 teams of students who had won regional competitions in Thailand. The first prize went to Hoy Lod Team from Samut Songkram Technical College while the first, second and third runner-ups were Eucalyptus Team from Kabin Buri Professional College, Hoy Lod Junior Team from Samut Songkram Technical College and Nil Mangkorn Team from Rayong Technical College. The other twelve teams, along with the four winning teams, will represent Thai vocational students when they participate in another ABU Robotic Competition with students studying at the higher education level. The winning team from this competition will take part in an international ABU robotic competition from 16 to 20 August 2013 in Vietnam.

At the national robotic innovation competition, there was also a competition for rescue robots in which 43 student teams participated. The first prize went to the Sum Koh Team from Kamphaeng Phet Technical College while the first, second and third runners-up went to the Megatron Bot Team from Wiang Sa Professional College, the VEC Rescue Robot Team from Wiang Sa Professional College and SKNTC RBC from Samut Sakorn Technical College., Forty-three students took part in  a competition for automated-arm robots for industrial work and the B-Tech Team won the first prize while the Blue Team from Suphan Buri Technical College, the Khaeng Kol Ban Paew Team from Ban Paew Professional College and the Khao Wong Team from Khao Wong Technical College were the first, second and third runners-up respectively. The competition for robots with automated hands and arms for the disabled had forty-three participating teams. The Nam Thaeng Team from Amnart Charoen Technical College won the first prize and the SAREN team from Surin Polytechnic College, the For You Team from Chachoengsao Technical College and the Kan Nakhon Team from Kanchanapisek Mahanakorn Technical College were the first, second and third runners-up respectively.