PRK team members take part successfully in the robotics competition in Šiauliai
On 29 March 2025 the international robotics competition “Battle of the Solar Robots 2025” took place in Šiauliai (Lithuania), in which a team from the Preiļi Robotics Club (PRK) also took part. The team competed in the Folkrace, MiniSumo and Lego sumo events.
Participants came from Lithuania, Latvia, Romania, Turkey and Poland. The competition was organised in cooperation with the National University of Science and Technology in Bucharest, which gave the winners of 1st–3rd place in the electronics events an invitation (the invitation exempts the participant from the robot participation fee) to the “RoboChallenge Romania 16th edition” competition (to be held from 31 October to 2 November 2025).
At the competition in Šiauliai the PRK team was represented by 3 participants, of whom the most successful was Jānis, winning 2 podium places:
3rd place Jānis Bērzinieks in the Mini sumo event in the pupils’ group (+ an invitation to “RoboChallenge Romania 16th edition”)
2nd place Jānis Bērzinieks in Lego sumo PRO.
Juris Erts, PRK activities organiser