Yerevan hosts ArmRobotics championshipJune 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. Top stories Yerevan will host the 2024 edition of the World Congress On Information Technology (WCIT). Rustam Badasyan said due to the lack of such regulation, the state budget is deprived of VAT revenues. Krisp’s smart noise suppression tech silences ambient sounds and isolates your voice for calls. Gurgen Khachatryan claimed that the "illegalities have been taking place in 2020." Partner news Most popular in the section | Russia provides info about arrested Armenian ex-MP Russian law enforcement agencies have provided information about the arrest of Tigran Urikhanyan. Lemkin Institue slams Pashinyan's “cryptic engagement with Genocide denial” The Lemkin Institute is alarmed over Pashinyan’s statements “questioning Armenia's legal basis to pursue justice against Turkey”. 41 detained as antigovernment protests continue in Yerevan 41 people were detained in Yerevan as people demanding Pashinian’s resignation stage campaigns of civil disobedience. Armenia votes for UN resolution granting Palestine new rights The U.N. General Assembly voted by a wide margin on May 10 to grant new “rights and privileges” to Palestine. |