The Robot Team of the Faculty of Engineering, Universitas Muhammadiyah Sumatera Utara (FATEK UMSU) became the representative of North Sumatra to the national stage in the Indonesian Robot Contest (KRI) of the Ministry of Education, Culture, Research and Technology (Kemdikbud-Ristek) RI.
“Based on the results of the stage 2 selection of the Kemdikbud Ristek RI, Saturday (5/20) the robot team of the Faculty of Engineering, FATEK UMSU successfully passed the regional level of the Indonesian Robot Contest (KRI) and is ready to compete at the National level,” said Assistant Lecturer Arya Rudi Nasution, S.T., M.T accompanied by Rahmat Fauzi Siregar, ST, MT to reporters in Medan, Monday (5/22).
The FATEK UMSU robot team named ‘Marahalim’ had previously participated in the first stage of selection competing with 108 teams of the Indonesian SAR Robot Contest (KRSRI) division. Declared passed, the Marahalim Robot team is ready to face the selection towards the national which is held online, Sunday – Saturday (May 28 – June 3, 2023).
Rudi emphasized that his team has finalized preparations to face the next stage, “We from the team have maximized what was input from the jury during the progress report session on May 17, 2023 in preparation for the national competition,” he said. The team is preparing the robot instruments to reach 100 percent and preparing the robot track arena.
Meanwhile, Bayu Prasetyo as a student of FATEK UMSU as well as the team leader in this competition, is very grateful to be able to pass the stage towards national. He thanked all those who had helped and supported in the 2023 Indonesian Robot Contest. “Thank you especially to the University for its support and we ask for support in preparing for the national regional competition which will be held at Semarang University later,” said Bayu.
The Indonesian Robot Contest (KRI) is organized by the Talent Development Center of the Ministry of Education and Culture Ristek RI, there are 7 divisions of competition, namely the Indonesian ABU Robot Contest (KRAI), the Indonesian Football Robot Contest (KRSBI) Wheeled, the Indonesian Football Robot Contest (KRSBI) Humanoid, the Indonesian SAR Robot Contest (KRSRI), the Indonesian Dance Robot Contest (KRSRI), the Indonesian Thematic Robot Contest (KRTMI) and the Indonesian Underwater Robot Contest (KRBAI).
