pune forty batteryoperated robots tuned to dance in sync to a popular international song perform suryanamaskars do pushups and even the shirshasana are ready to give tough competition to the big lineup of music dance drama cultural and sports events at the 25th edition of the pune festival the robots procured and programmed by a group of engineers led by suhas punekar will be performing at the yashwantrao chavan auditorium on september 16 at 715pm addressing a news conference here on thursday punekar said he was confident of creating an instant impression we have imported the robots from china taiwan vietnam uk and us and computerised their onstage movements the endresult is going to be almost a onehour show of synchronised steps one never expects robots to perform including standing on their heads and doing pushups with one hand their entry on stage too is going to be no less than that of a hero coming out as they are out of a smokeeffect which we will create replete with colourful lights and soundeffects he said adding that the robots will soon be headed for international tours the festival will be officially inaugurated on september 13 by kapil sibal minister for communication and it and law at shree ganesh kala krida manch krishnakant kudale chief coordinator of the 10day festival which is being held alongside the ganeshotsav spoke about the rest of the lineup the cultural events are spread across the city and will be held at shree ganesh kala krida rangmanch balgandharv rangmandir and yashwantrao chavan natyagruha as per schedule while the sports events will be organised at the poona golf club shri shiv chattrapati sports complex in mhalunge balewadi general vaidya stadium and at ganesh mal bhosari which will host the bullock cart race more than 1200 bullock carts will participate in the race which will be held from september 1416 kudale said the national roll ball competition shri shiv chattrapati sports complex september 1416 a boxing tournament including one exclusively for women general vaidya stadium september 1314 are the major events in sports a mahila mahotsav will be held at yashwantrao chavan natyagruha and kala dalan and will include a food festival indian and western flower decoration and flower rangoli competitions besides solo group and classical dance competitions photo and painting exhibitions are also part of the festival besides a miss pune festival competition for unmarried women aged over 20 years the installation of the pune festival ganapati will take place on september 9 at hotel saras nehru stadium followed by a stateoftheart laser show