2018/2019 season of the “Latvian Robotics Championship” ends with a competition in Riga
On 11 May 2019, the 5th and final round of this school year’s robotics championship took place at the Faculty of Electronics and Telecommunications of Riga Technical University (RTU). Members of the Preiļi Robotics Club team competed with more than 40 robots in 9 categories in 6 events – Mini sumo, Line following, Folkrace, iRobot sumo, Lego line following, Lego sumo.
The atmosphere at the competition was tense, as the best robot builders from both Latvia and Lithuania had gathered. The results of the competition also decided the overall standings of all 5 robotics competitions.
At the RTU competition, members of our team won several prize places:
In Folkrace, 1st and 3rd place were won by robots built by Matīss and Aldis Buks.
In Mini sumo, PRO group, the robot of Matīss Buks and Armands Upenieks took 3rd place.
In Lego line following, Normunds Kokins took 3rd place.
In the overall standings of all 5 competitions of the season among Latvian competitors, our members took several prize places:
In line following, pupils’ category, the whole podium of honour was taken: 1st place and the challenge cup were received by Lauris Šmeiksts, 2nd place was won by Margarita Džeriņa, 3rd place was won by Artis Cveks and Intars Matisāns.
In line following, students’/amateurs’ category: 2nd place was taken by Eduards Lipiniks.
In Folkrace: 2nd and 3rd place were won by the robots of Matīss and Aldis Buks.
In iRobot sumo: 3rd place was taken by Edīte Meikulāne.
In Mini sumo, pupils’ event: 3rd place was taken by Lauris Šmeiksts.
Thank you to all the team members for preparing for and taking part in the competition!
Thank you to all the helpers and consultants for the work they put in throughout the season, especially Matīss Dambītis, Armands Upenieks, Linards Šmeikstis!
Juris Erts, work organiser of the robotics club