Team India represented by Team Nirma were the second runner-up in the International Robocon 2022 organised by ABU Robocon on August 21, 2022 at Thyagraj Stadium, New Delhi. It is the best performance by any Indian team in the last 21 years.
Robocon is an international robotics event, organised by Asia Broadcasting Pacific Union (ABU) every year. The ABU member country announces the theme and hosts the international Robocon event every year. India is the host country for the ABU Robocon 2022. A team from every ABU member country participates in the international contest. To decide the national winner, a National Robocon 2022 competition was organised by IIT, Delhi in collaboration with Doordarshan, India at Thyagraj Stadium, New Delhi during July 14 – 17, 2022. Team Nirma Robocon won the national Robocon 2022 contest and represented Team India in the international contest.
Countries like China, Japan, Hongkong, Thailand, Indonesia, Malasia, Mongoliya, Nepal, Egypt, Fiji, Combodia and India participated in the said contest. The participant team were the winners of their national Robocon contest. Team India (Team Nirma) has outperformed in the said contest and became second runners up of the International Robocon contest 2022. Team India also won the ‘NOK’ award for displacing the maximum ‘Balls on Head’ amongst the participating teams. This was the best performance of India in the international Robocon so far in the last 21 years.