Lac Hong university wins Robocon for the 11th consecutive time

Lac Hong university's team secured an absolute victory in the Robocon Vietnam final, defeating Hung Yen university of technical education.

The final round of the Vietnam robot creativity competition 2026 - Robocon Vietnam 2026, took place on the evening of 31/5, featuring a contest between two teams: SKH-AST from Hung Yen university of technical education and LH-FOF from Lac Hong university.

The final match lasted three minutes. Upon starting, LH-FOF's robot quickly navigated the slope, entered the arena, and placed its first "kungfu secret" box onto the rack.

SKH-AST's robot encountered a fuse issue while ascending the slope. Meanwhile, LH-FOF's robot advanced into the arena with three "kungfu secrets" simultaneously, successfully placing two of them on the rack.

With just over one minute remaining, Lac Hong's representative placed the dropped secret onto the rack, forming a diagonal line with the previous boxes, securing the victory.

The champion and runner-up received 50 million VND and 30 million VND respectively. Joint third place went to SKH-Automation from Hung Yen university of technical education and DCN-SEEE-01 from Hanoi university of industry, with each team receiving 20 million VND.

LH-FOF will represent Vietnam in the Asia-Pacific final this August in Hong Kong, China.

The moment LH-FOF team won the championship. Photo: BTC

This year's theme was "kungfu master". Each team controlled two robots, R1 and R2, with R2 being fully autonomous. The robots' tasks included assembling weapons, collecting objects called "kungfu secrets", moving them to the arena, and arranging them on a checkered rack to score points. Teams were allowed to obstruct an opponent's "kungfu secrets" to deduct points.

The first team to arrange the "kungfu secrets" in a vertical or diagonal line on the rack would be awarded the "kungfu master" title and secure an absolute victory.

Teams not only needed to design robots that moved quickly and accurately but also had to program clever combat tactics and ensure flexible coordination, according to Dinh Dac Vinh, head of the competition's organizing committee.

Associate professor Doctor Nguyen Tang Cuong, head of the jury, stated that this theme required students to develop solutions different from previous years, given humanity's entry into the era of artificial intelligence, robotics, and automation. Competitors had to integrate elements such as image recognition and artificial intelligence to make their robots smarter.

This year, out of 32 teams representing technical colleges and universities nationwide, 16 teams were divided into four groups to compete for quarterfinal spots, playing a round-robin format to earn points. The top 8 teams advanced to the decisive night, competing in a knockout format for the championship.

Before reaching the quarterfinals, the LH-FOF team had already secured three absolute victories, setting a record time of 77 seconds. This marks Lac Hong university's 11th consecutive win at the national Robocon competition. The university previously won consecutively from 2010-2014, 2016-2019, and most recently last year, establishing itself as the most successful institution since the competition's inception in 2002.

Lac Hong university has also won the Asia-Pacific finals three times while representing Vietnam, in 2014, 2017, and 2018.