Yerevan hosts ArmRobotics championship

Yerevan hosts ArmRobotics championship
June 2, 2010 - 19:52 AMT

PanARMENIAN.Net - ArmRobotics open championship has kicked off in Yerevan, with 8 youth teams participating in Minesweeper Robot competition.

“Our goal is to reanimate robot industry in Armenia,” executive director Union of Information Technology Enterprises (UITE) Karen Vardanyan told a PanARMENIAN.Net reporter. He named the RA Ministry of Defense as potential customer.

Earlier, ArmRobotics manager Mariam Nahapetyan said that from AMD 90 to 200 thousand was spent on construction of each robot.

The general sponsor of the event is Hurnet Iranian company, which provided the essential spares. The idea belongs to HALO Trust minesweeping company.

The task of Minesweeper Robot is to send minefield map to the server though WiFi, radio transmitters or flash carriers, upon discovering mines in the assigned area. 1st, 2nd and 3rd place winners will be awarded AMD 250, 150, 100 thousand respectively.

ArmRobotics was first held in Armenia in 2008.

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