From 11 to 14 April 2025 the fourth international robotics olympiad “Minoan RobotSports Competition Global Olympiad” (MRC) took place in Heraklion, Crete, Greece. The event gathered participants from more than 30 countries, offering a wide range of robotics sports events. The competition was held in the indoor stadium “2 Aorakia” in Nea Alikarnassos. The event was organised by the Greek Educational Robotics Organisation (H.E.R.O.) in cooperation with local and international partners. MRC 2025 offered more than 20 different events, including line following (LEGO and electronics), line following with obstacles, football, sumo battles (Mini, Mega, Micro, Nano, Humanoid, Lego), shooting, drone competitions, pentathlon, weightlifting and others.
Latvia at the competition in Crete was represented by members of the Preiļi Robotics Club/Robotu Skola – Andrejs Gžibovskis, Matīss Buks, Armands Upenieks, Vitolds Bīriņš and Juris Erts. The Latvian representatives took part in the Megasumo, Minisumo and Lego line following events.
1st place was won by Andrejs Gžibovskis in the Lego line following event. Andrejs had already proved himself at Baltic-level competitions, but now confirmed his skills on a wider stage. 2nd place in the Minisumo competition was won by Matīss and Armands, who are multiple winners of local and international competitions. In the Megasumo event there were strong competitors, and in one of the group fights our robot had essential parts damaged, which prevented it from continuing the battles.
From 11 to 14 April 2025 the fourth international robotics olympiad “Minoan RobotSports Competition Global Olympiad” (MRC) took place in Heraklion, Crete, Greece. The event gathered participants from more than 30 countries, offering a wide range of robotics sports events. The competition was held in the indoor stadium “2 Aorakia” in Nea Alikarnassos. The event was organised by the Greek Educational Robotics Organisation (H.E.R.O.) in cooperation with local and international partners. MRC 2025 offered more than 20 different events, including line following (LEGO and electronics), line following with obstacles, football, sumo battles (Mini, Mega, Micro, Nano, Humanoid, Lego), shooting, drone competitions, pentathlon, weightlifting and others.
Latvia at the competition in Crete was represented by members of the Preiļi Robotics Club/Robotu Skola – Andrejs Gžibovskis, Matīss Buks, Armands Upenieks, Vitolds Bīriņš and Juris Erts. The Latvian representatives took part in the Megasumo, Minisumo and Lego line following events.
1st place was won by Andrejs Gžibovskis in the Lego line following event. Andrejs had already proved himself at Baltic-level competitions, but now confirmed his skills on a wider stage. 2nd place in the Minisumo competition was won by Matīss and Armands, who are multiple winners of local and international competitions. In the Megasumo event there were strong competitors, and in one of the group fights our robot had essential parts damaged, which prevented it from continuing the battles.
