Indonesia's ITS Students Win Two Awards at ABU Robocon 2026 in Hong Kong

TEMPO.CO, Jakarta - The Richie robot team from the Sepuluh Nopember Institute of Technology (ITS) Surabaya successfully won two awards at the Asia-Pacific Broadcasting Union (ABU) Robocon 2026 competition in Hong Kong. The two accolades secured by the team—which had previously won the national-level ABU Robocon contest—were the Best Idea Award and the ROHM Award.Muhammad Najmi Ihsan, the leader of the ITS Richie Team, explained that the team fielded two robots, both featuring mechanical innovations. The first robot utilized a three-axis arm mechanism, while the second was designed with a forklift-like mechanism to lift the "Kung Fu Scroll.""Both mechanical systems utilized stainless steel with a thickness of 0.8 millimeters," Najmi stated in a written release on Tuesday, September 1, 2026.The ITS Mechanical Engineering student noted that the team had also implemented upgrades to the robots compared to the versions used in the national competition last July.