Barunastra Team and ITS Robotics Team with the board of ITS

ITS Campus, ITS News – ITS’s two proud team’s success takes the title in national and international competition. One of them is Barunastra that came first in the International Robot Competition (IRC) in Florida, United State. The other team is ITS Robotics that took the winning in Kompetisi Robot Indonesia (KRI) 2019 in Semarang. ITS Rector, Prof Dr. Ir Mochamad Ashari MEng, warmly welcomed them at ITS Rectorate Building on Thursday (27/6).

The first world champion trophy awarded by Barunastra Team. Meanwhile, the KRI general champion trophy awarded by ITS Robotics Team. The team is also including the Iris Team, Vi-Rose Team, Ichiro Team, Abinara-1 Team, and Risma Team. Both trophies handed over directly by each team representative to the rector.

ITS Rector, Prof Dr Ir Mochamad Ashari MEng delivered his welcoming speeh to Barunastra dan ITS Robotics Team

In his welcoming speech, Ashari said that he is very happy and he believes this happiness also felt by the board of ITS, lecturers and students. He also delivered his gratitude and appreciation to everyone that has contributed to the success.

According to Ashari, this is a proof that ITS cannot be underestimated. “In United State, we are the world champion and in Indonesia, we are the national champion,” said proudly by this Professor of Electrical Engineering.

ITS Robotics Team representative (right) when handed over the general champion trophy of KRI 2019 in Semarang to ITS Rector

Ashari also reminded that this achievement was not the end of the struggle. He hopes everyone can fight together to continue it. “One of them is by designing a generation system for freshman,” he encouraged.

Barunastra Team representative (right) when handed over the world champion trophy of IRC 2019 in United State to ITS Rector

In line with that, every team that joins a competition has to consist of students from a different batch. That is to comprehend the existing technology and improves it. The rector also added that the supervisors should not be tired to guide the students through the error. It is okay if the students did some errors in the competition. “But later when they are in the community, it should be no error,” he firmly reminded. (sof/yuliawati/ITS Public Relation Officer)