Ichiro Robotics Team attempts to create a goal against the opponent’s cage on the Indonesian-Humanoid Football Robot Contest category at the Indonesian Robot Contest (KRI) 2023

Semarang, ITS News – Institut Teknologi Sepuluh Nopember (ITS) continues to demonstrate its superiority in the field of robotics. Five championship titles were successfully achieved by ITS Robotics Team after competing at the national level of Indonesian Robot Contest (KRI) in Universitas Semarang (USM) which ended on Sunday (25/6) evening.

In this annual robot contest, the ITS team succeeded in excelling five out of seven categories which they participated in, such as becoming the second place of the Humanoid Indonesian Football Robot Contest (KRSBI) category, the third place of the Wheeled KRSBI. Besides, ITS also achieved the third runner-up prizes of the Indonesian ABU Robot Contest (KRAI), the Indonesian Thematic Robot Contest (KRTMI), and the Indonesian Underwater Robot Contest.

The KRI 2023 final series was started by the Wheeled KRSBI division, where the ITS team was represented by the IRIS robot team. The IRIS Team thoroughly managed to get rid of 21 teams from other universities and finally won the third place. Despite losing in the semifinals, The IRIS Team were also awarded as the team with the Best Strategy in their category.

ITS IRIS Team were getting ready to shoot the ball at the opponent’s side at KRI 2023

Still in the same category but in a different form, Ichiro’s team is here to represent ITS at KRSBI Humanoid. Together with the four robots Hiro, Tomo, Miru, and Siber; Ichiro Team also won the second place. “The opponent seems to have got stronger and has a good strategy too,” Nathanael Adrien Yohanta from Team Ichiro admits regarding his final match.

Because of their intelligence in responding to problems in the arena, Ichiro Team also won an award for the Technical Challenge Award. In this category, the robot teams should compete in the arena for five minutes of the match and create score as much as possible.

Meanwhile, the Rival Team which competed in the KRTMI category had to be complacent as the hopeful champion, after falling in the semifinal. Even so, the Rival Team has already given a fierce competition to the opponent. Because in the early rounds, the Rival Team was able to win the match.

ITS Risen Team while starting the match with opponents in the Indonesian ABU Robot Contest category at the Indonesian Robot Contest (KRI) 2023 in Universitas Semarang

Next is the KRAI category, ITS goes down with the Risen robot. Even though there were many technical obstacles, the Risen Team remained persistent and managed to secure the title of hopeful champion. Meanwhile, although they did not win the Indonesian Dance Art Robot Contest (KRSTI), the Vi-Rose Team with their robots Nina and Zifa won the Best Design and Artistic title.

Those two dance robots wore traditional clothes for the Gambang Semarang dance. Moreover, ITS Vi-Rose Team designed their robot outfit with a blue shirt combined with batik skirt which was adjusted to the size of the robots. Besides, the brown cloth was also added so that the Vi-Rose robot looks like a real dancer.

Different from previous years, at the KRI 2023 event the Indonesian Underwater Robot Contest category was also contested. In this category, which is the first time this has been held, ITS was represented by the Banyubramanta Team which won the first prize. The Naru robot made by Tim Banyubramanta shows his shrewdness in overcoming obstacles on the surface of the water. With the robot innovation shown, the ITS Banyubramanta Team also won the Underwater Robot Pioneer Award.

The ITS Robotics Team after receiving the champion award at the 2023 Indonesian Robot Contest (KRI) event at the University of Semarang

ITS Robotics Team Supervisor Coordinator Muhtadin ST MT believes that the ITS Team has given their best effort. Even though he was unable to defend the overall championship, Muhtadin continued to provide encouragement and input to the teams regarding their performance and that of their robots. “They have done whatever they can, as a supervisor I can only give advice and convince them to be better in the future,” said the lecturer at the Department of Computer Engineering.

The success of winning several championships at KRI 2023, it proves that ITS students are still skilled at creating sophisticated robots. ITS Director of Student Affairs Dr. Imam Abadi ST MT who also witnessed the competition expressed his pride for the ITS Robotics Team. “I am proud because ITS students can continue to develop their talents in this world of robotics,” he said. (ITS Public Relations)

Reporter: Gandhi Kesuma