Mangaluru: Team SJEC Wins Championship at International Robowars Event at IIT Bombay
Mangaluru: A team comprising of alumni and students of St Joseph Engineering College (SJEC) brought laurels to the college by winning the Overall Championship at International Robowars event held at IIT Bombay. Robowars at IIT Bombay’s annual Techfest is India’s Largest Robot Combat Competition where participants from around the globe battle it out for the coveted Robowars Champion Title.
This year, at Techfest 2020, a new weight category of 8kg was introduced in Robowars for the first time in India. SOLIC, a start-up company based out of SJEC, which mainly deals with Electronic and Robotic projects, in association with Team Terrorbull Robotics, a collegiate club at SJEC, built a combat Bot named ‘Raptor’ and competed in 8kg category at Robowars 2020. On the way to the podium finish, the team had to face the challenge of 32 teams that took part in the competition.