Robocon is mainly sponsored by Asia Pacific Broadcasting Union (ABU) which includes Doordarshan (Prasarbharati) of India as a member which has been organizing all activities in India from past five years by collabrating with Maharashtra Institute of Technology (MIT) Pune, India. It is an annual robot contest started since 2002, just for university, college and polytechnic students in the Asia-Pacific region. Participants will compete with their peers in other countries to create a robot using their creative and technological abilities in an open competition, According to a theme declared by the host Country every year.