The Unissula Robotic Team prepares to participate in the Indonesian Robot Contest (KRI) 2019 at the national level which will be held in Udinus on June 19-23, 2019. In the prestigious contest organized by the Directorate General of Learning and Student Affairs of the Ministry of Research, Technology, and Higher Education, Unissula will compete in three categories.

Unissula’s delegates for ABU Indonesian Robot Competition (KRAI) were Adhi Prabowo, Rikfan Latifurrohman, and Muhammad Hany Rasyid Ashari. In addition, Indonesian Fire Fighting Robot Contest (KRPAI) was followed by Muhammad Amalul Ihsan and Ari Setiawan. Lastly, Indonesian Football Robot Contest (KRSBI) was participated by Danang Hendrawan, Arinan Najah Putra, Junido Ardalli, and Eka Kulana.

Adhi Prabowo said that the Unissula KRAI team was aiming to become national champion. For this reason, the team is currently seriously improving the technical system of the robot automation. The target to be the champion is quite realistic considering that Unissula is full of experience in that category and has won several national championships several times.

The KRPAI team is currently in need of improving the right algorithm in coding the robot with the target of achieving the top national three. While the KRSBI team make a more detailed preparation on the robot by replacing some robot components so that its performance becomes better thus the results are more optimal.

Meanwhile Muhammad Rasyid stated that the brilliant achievements of the Unissula robotics team in recent years such as becoming a regional and national champion greatly inspired his team. Moreover, the achievements of the Unissula robotics team, became the 2015 KRI national champion, were later entrusted by the Ministry of Research, Technology, and Higher Education to be the official representative of Indonesia and became the overall champion in the Trinity College international firefighting home robot contest on 2-3 April 2016 held at Oosting Gymnasium Trinity College Ferris Athletic Center, Hatford United States of America.

In the 2018 National KRI competition at UMY Yokyakarta and the 2017 KRI at UPI Bandung, the Unissula robotics team competed in several categories also succeeded in winning the national championship.

“We all try to prepare our best and ask for support and prayers from all Unissula community in order to be able to compete optimally and achieve the targets that have been set,” said Muhammad Rasyid.

The Unissula robotics team consisted of students from the Faculty of Industrial Technology in Electrical Engineering, Informatics Engineering, and Industrial Engineering. The team was supervised by the supervisors: Bustanul Arifin, S.T., M.T., Eka Nuryanto Budi Susila, S.T., M.T. and others.