Daegu International Robot Contest… Competition in 54 sports including Mart Humanoid
2,271 participants in 1,303 teams ranging from elementary school students to companies, expanded to 54 sports
Quick Look
- The Korea Robot Industry Promotion Agency will hold the 21st International Robot Contest at EXCO in Daegu on the 13th and 14th.
- 2,271 people from 1,303 teams, ranging from elementary school students to companies, will participate, and 54 events will be held, including a humanoid robot competition based on a supermarket environment.
- A total of 136 awards, including 4 Presidential Awards, and a prize money of 30 million won will be awarded.
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Why It Matters
The International Robot Contest, hosted by the Korea Robot Industry Promotion Agency, is an event co-hosted by the Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy and Daegu Metropolitan City, and marks its 21st anniversary this year. The number of participants increased 1.8 times from 1,230 last year to 2,271, and the number of sports expanded from 40 to 54.
The Korea Robot Industry Promotion Agency announced on the 11th that it will hold the '21st International Robot Contest' at EXCO in Daegu on the 13th and 14th.
This competition, co-hosted by the Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy and Daegu Metropolitan City, and hosted by the Robot Industry Promotion Agency, involves 2,271 people from 1,303 teams, ranging from elementary school students to college students, researchers, and companies.
The number of participants is 1.8 times that of last year (1,230), and the number of competition events has expanded from 40 to 54.
The event receiving the most attention this year is the ‘Mart Environment-based Humanoid Robot Contest’, which is making its debut.
Humanoid robots compete for technical skills by performing the actual tasks of supermarket employees, such as product delivery, display, and checkout, in an environment similar to a domestic large supermarket.
In addition, a number of events were prepared to solve problems in the industrial field using robots, such as physical artificial intelligence (AI) robot idea and prototype contests to be applied to high-risk tasks in power plants, and assembly of mechanical parts using domestically produced robots.
In addition, robot wrestling, humanoid kickboxing, robot basketball, and drone group dance will also be held.
In this competition, a total of 136 awards will be awarded, including 4 Presidential Awards, 3 Prime Minister Awards, and 18 Minister of Trade, Industry and Energy awards, and 30 million won sponsored by iM Bank will be paid as prize money.
Open Questions
- What are the detailed schedules and judging criteria for each event?
- What is the distribution of participating teams by region?
- What is the specific distribution of prize money given to the winning team of the supermarket environment-based humanoid robot competition?
