RoboCon is an annual robot contest targeted for undergraduates students of higher institutions in the Asia-Pacific region. It creates friendship among young people with similar interests, as well as assisting in the growth of advance engineering and broadcasting technologies in the region.

Under a common set of rules, participants will create robots using their creativity and technological abilities. Competitions are held locally in every ABU participating countries.

Again, Malaysia will organize the national RoboCon competition this year. The winner will represent Malaysia to ABU Asia-Pacific Robot Contest.

For this year, NHK-Japan will be the host country of the 8th ABU Asia-Pacific Robot Contest 2009. The event will be held in Tokyo, Japan.