ROBOCON is an annual robot contest targeted for undergraduate 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.

For this year, Hong Kong will be the host country of the 11th ABU Asia-Pacific Robot Contest 2012.