NHK Documentaries

Shoot for Appare: ABU Asia-Pacific Robocon 2017 Tokyo (2017x73)

Ausstrahlung: Nov 11, 2017

oung engineers around the globe compete with handmade robots in the ABU Asia-Pacific Robot Contest, or Robocon, and in August 2017 robots from the world over gathered in Tokyo. In the past 15 contests, China and Vietnam boast the most number of wins with 5 titles each. Japan has only won twice, but this year, both the Tokyo Institute of Technology and the University of Tokyo will enter for the chance to regain the title for Japan after 4 years. Come witness behind-the-scenes footage of the battle to be number one.