Batam State Polytechnic Winner of National Level of Indonesian Robot Contest (KRI)

YOGYAKARTA - Barelang 5.1 Robot Team of Batam State Polytechnic became the first winner in the National Indonesian Robot Contest taking place at Grha Sabha Pramana, Sunday (12 /6) after defeating P-Next robot team from Electrical State Polytechnic of Surabaya (PENS).
In the final, Barelang 5.1 had not been considered that they would be thewinner because usually the robot team from PENS won the national championship and represented Indonesia at the world level. However, unexpectedly, Barelang 5.1 beat PENS. Both of them even managed to get the same score, 242 points.
The discussion among ten juries to determine which team deserved to be the champion went tough. The team of jury chaired by Dr. Ir. Wahidin Wahab had a variety of considerations, including that both robots have got a penalty in the form of reduction of points for violation. Therefore, each received a score reduction of 20 points.
The situation became more tensed. Supporters from both sides waited for the final result of the jury's decision anxiously. Finally, the jury decided that the fastest automatic robot that had put the complete Krathong in the river surface was declared as the winner. Based on these results, Barelang 5.1 managed to do it within 2 minutes 55 seconds, or  4 seconds faster than the P-Next team in 2 minutes 59 seconds.
When the jury announced Barelang 5.1’s victory, the whole members of Batam State Polytechnic team welcomed this and celebrated the victory. Happiness can be seen in Adi Cahya’s face, one Barelang team member who served as a manual driver for the robot team. “Alhamdulillah! For the first time, KRI championship is won by colleges other than PENS," the Electrical Engineering student said with tears in his eyes.
The man from Tanjung Pinang admitted that preparation of his team had been made for 10 months. In the early preparation, there were obstacles, especially for motor components of the robot. However, eventually all problems could be overcome. Adi Cahya did not think that the struggle they had carried out so far led to a success, namely the national championship, making them entitled to represent Indonesia in the robot contest held in Thailand in November this year. "For the next championship, the speed of the robot needs to be improved," he said.
The competition attended by 101 teams from 51 State Universities and Private Universities in Indonesia consists of Indonesian Robot Contest (KRI), Indonesian Art Robot Contest (KRSI) and Indonesian Intelligent Robot Contest (KRCI), which is divided into KRCI Wheeled Robots, Legged Robots, and Battle Robots.
For the category of KRI, the first winner was  "Barelang 5.1" of Batam State Polytechnic, second winner was P-Next (Surabaya State Polytechnic), and the third winner was Harm-Vy (ITS).
Furthermore, in Wheeled KRCI category, the victorious teams were Hamazar (Telkom Bandung Institute of Technology) as the first winner, R2C-Deus Vult (Satyawacana Christian University Salatiga) as the second winner, and Warfire (UGM) as the third winner. Meanwhile, in legged KRCI, the first winner was gained by Aqabah (ITB), followed by Barelang 2.1 (Batam State Polytechnic) as the second winner, and Revecto (UI) in the third position.
Furthermore, the position of the first winner of KRCI "Battle" was occupied by the E-1205 (Surabaya State Electrical Polytechnic), the second position was occupied by Barelang 4.1 (Batam State Polytechnic), and the third winner Al-Aadiyat (Yogyakarta State University). For KRSI category, the first winner was Asmorobangun (UI), second winner was Satria 177 (Telkom Bandung Institute of Technology), and the third winner was Be-Mask 2 (STMIK technocrat Telkom Bandar Lampung).
Minister of National Education, Prof. Dr. M. Nuh assessed this kind of robot contest is very beneficial in developing the creative spirit and sportsmanship; students can learn from each other from different regions in building national unity. "From Yogya, they (the winners) will represent the nation at Asia Pacific region," he said.

National Robotical Contest 2011: To Profesionally Train the Competitive Attitude

Yogyakarta - There were 101 teams from 51 different colleges and universities in Indonesia attending the National Robotical Contest (Kontes Robot Nasional/KRN) 2011, on Saturday to Sunday 11-12 June 2011 in the Grha Sabha Pramana Hall,  Gadjah Mada University Yogyakarta. The event titled "Jogja Robot Under Attack" was held by the Indonesian Directorate General of Higher Education in cooperation with Gadjah Mada University. The contest participants were final participants of the regional robotic contests that was previously held in five regions; at the Batam State Polytechnic for Sumatera Region, at the Telkom Technology Institute Bandung for  West Java Region, at the Yogyakarta State University for Central Java Region, Surabaya State Electronic Polytechnic for East Java and Kalimantan Region, and at the Tadulako Palu University for  East Indonesia Region.

During KRN 2011 there were 5 categories of competition: Indonesia Robotic Contest were participated by 24 teams, Indonesia Smart Robot with wheels Contest  were participated by 24 teams, Indonesia Smart Robot with feet Contest were participated by 20 teams, Indonesia Smart Robot battle competition were participated by 17 teams, and 16 teams competed in the Indonesia Artistic Robot Contest.

This year's Indonesia Robotic Contest (KRI) theme was "Larungan" (float offering), adapting from the theme of an international robotic contest, the Asia-Pacific Broadcasting Union (ABU) Robocon 2011, that is going to be held in Bangkok -Thailand the coming 9 September 2011, which is "Loy Krathong". Loy Krathong in Thai means releasing padma flowers into the river as an offering for the river goddess, and is usually done each November in Thailand. In this international competition, 2 teams consisted of 1 manual robot with driver and 2 automatic robots will compete on arranging krathong (the padma flower) and proceed to put it on the river's surface. The winning team of KRI 2011 will represent Indonesia in the ABU Robocon 2011.

Indonesia Smart Robot Contest (KRCI) with wheels and feet had the theme of Fire Extinguisher Robot. In this category, automatic robots will compete for the fastest time in discovering fire points in an arena built like a house, and then extinguishing the fire. While KRCI battle had the theme of Soccer Robots where each team's robot will compete in soccer matches. KRCI battle winner will be sent to Mexico to represent Indonesia in the Mexico Robo Cup 2012.

This year's  Indonesia Artistic Robot Contest (KRSI) was themed Klono Topeng Dancing Robot. KRSI is relatively new since the competition only started in 2009. Its first theme was Jaipong Dancing Robot. KRSI is designed to be a competition of robotic design and construction with elements of art and culture. In  the contest the robot must simulate the movement of Klono Topeng dance, a Yogyakartan traditional dance, while following a line drawn on the stage.

KRN 2011 was inaugurated by the General Director of Higher Education Djoko Santoso, representing the National Minister of Education Muhammad Nuh. In his welcome speech, Djoko Santoso expressed his wish for the robotic contest to produce champions with high competitive qualities to maintain the quality of Indonesian robotic teams in the global level of competition. In a separate occasion Muhammad Nuh stated that this kind of contest is important in developing the spirit of creativity and sportivity amongst students. At the same subject, the Rector of Gadjah Mada University, Sudjarwadi stated how such contest can be the means to train the readiness to compete professionally, thus creating new leaders with quality.

At the same time, an exhibition and competition event were also held at the lower ground of the Grha Sabha Pramana, putting forward the concept of innovation in the robotics, in the form of robotic show, toy robot, robot artwork, technology and education booths, musical show, interactive games and robotic costume festival. There were also robot coloring competition, robot drawing competition, water rocket competition and line follower competition to win the D.I. Yogyakarta Governor trophies.

During the two days of KRN 2011 event, competition were tight between the contending teams. Happy, anxious, sad, upset or angry faces became a common view in the competitions. But the most intense and emotional is the KRI categories since it requires good teamwork and coordination between the manual robot driver and the two automatic robots. High difficulty level making it the most prestigious category, aside of the human factor driving the manual robot who's required to be able to operate the robot with high accuracy.

Barelang 5.1 team from Batam State Polytechnic was finally crowned to be the first prize winner in KRI category after a tight match with P-Next team from Surabaya State Electronics Polytechnic (PENS) in the finals. Both team received a tie score but Barelang 5.1 had the advantage of 4 seconds in finishing the task. In the final match, Barelang 5.1 was the underdog because P-Next had been champion for 13 consecutive times.

The final results of KRN 2011 in the KRI category; the first prize was won by Barelang 5.1 team from Batam State Polytechnic, second prize was taken by  Surabaya State Electronics Polytechnic (PENS) and the third prize went to Harm-Vy from Surabaya Institute of Technology. For the KRCI with wheels category, first prize went to the Hamazar team from Telkom Technology Institute Bandung, second prize was taken by the R2C- Deus Vult team from Satyawacana Christian University Salatiga, and the third prize went to Warfire team from Gadjah Mada University Yogyakarta. Best Algorithm for this category went to the Warfire team and the best design was made by R2C- Deus Vult team. Meanwhile, for the KRCI with feet category, the first prize was taken by the Aqabah team from Bandung Institute of Technology, second prize was taken by Barelang 2.1 Team from Batam State Polytechnic and the third prize went to Revecto team from Indonesia University. For this category, the Best Algorithm was won by Aqabah team and Best Design was made by Muhammadiyah University Malang.

Next, the first prize for KRCI Battle category was won by E-1205 team from Surabaya State Electronics Polytechnic, second prize was taken by the Barelang 4.1 team from Batam State Polytechnic, and the third prize went to the Al-Aadiyat team from Yogyakarta State University, which also won Best Algorithm. Best Design was made by the E-1205 team. For the KRSI category, first prize was taken by Pandji Asmorobangun team from Indonesia University, second prize was won by Satria 177 team from Telkom Technology Institute Bandung, and the third prize was taken home by  Be-Mask 2 team from STMIK Teknokrat Telkom Bandar Lampung.