- 1st Place out of 7 Teams from 4 Universities, Kwangwoon University, Seoul National University of Science and Technology, Kookmin University, and Hanyang University -

RO:BIT Intelligent Robot Team after winning the SRC IRC Intelligent Wrestling Robot Category

Kwangwoon University’s Robot Game Team 'RO:BIT' Wins SRC IRC at the Seoul International Robot Contest

# Humanoid Robot Sports Intelligent Category High-Tech League - 1st place (Presidential Award)

# Seoul Tech Intelligence Robot Intelligent Wrestling Robot Category - 1st place (Prime Minister's Award)

# Steamcup Turtlebot Auto Race Category - 1st place (Prime Minister's Award)"

Kwangwoon University’s Robot Game Team, RO:BIT won awards at the ‘2023 RoboWorld exhibition’ and the ‘International Robot Contest’ held at KINTEX in Ilsan for three days starting from October 12.

The RO:BIT Humanoid Team achieved 1st place (Presidential Award) and 3rd place (Korea Institute for Robot Industry Advancement Director's Award) in the intelligent high-tech category of humanoid robot sports at the Seoul International Robot Contest SRC IRC on October 12. They also won 1st place (Prime Minister's Award) and 3rd place (Dean's Award of Seoul National University of Science and Technology) in the intelligent wrestling robot category, as well as 1st place (Prime Minister's Award) and 2nd place (Korean Agency for Technology and Standards Director's Award) in the steamcup turtlebot auto race category held on the 14^th.  and

Junho Goh (Department of Robotics), captain of the Robot Humanoid Team  said, "Participating in SRC IRC was a great opportunity for us to learn various aspects of robotics technology in preparation for the robotics competition, and I want to express my gratitude to the team members who worked tirelessly day and night, even in difficult situations."

Jihoon Park (Department of Robotics), captain of RO:BIT, expressed his gratitude saying "The outstanding results of the Kwangwoon University Robot Game Team were achieved thanks to the full support of the Kwangwoon University Intelligent Robot Department, which allowed RO:BIT to participate and promote through a booth display at the first exhibition hall."

Meanwhile, in the SRC IRC competition, which consisted of three categories, six sub-competitions, and sixteen events, the intelligent high-tech event in the humanoid robot sports category won by in which the Kwangwoon University’s Robot Game was a competition in which the robot judges two missions: obstacle running and basketball  without human control. Intelligent wrestling robot is an event  in which robots push opponents out and score higher points through video-based robot autonomous control. The turtlebot auto race is a competition that competes in  autonomous driving maps and missions such as passing through obstacles without a camera through lane recognition navigation technology The Kwangwoon University’s Robot Game Team, which boasts the best skills in Korea since its founding, has won excellent awards at over 300 domestic and international competitions and also achieved outstanding results in various categories at this competition.

RO:BIT Humanoid Team performing the basketball mission in the SRC IRC Humanoid Sports Intelligent High-Tech Category.

RO:BIT Intelligent Robot Team preparing for the SRC IRC Teamcup Turtlebot Auto Race category of the SRC IRC teamcup