Robotics Club starts productively at “Sun robot battle 2018” in Šiauliai
On 7 April 2018 the robotics competition “Sun robot battle 2018” took place in Šiauliai (Lithuania), in which a team from the Preiļi Robotics Club (PRK) also took part. Our team took part with 19 robots – the club was represented by Matīss Buks, Eduards Lipiniks, Iļja Isajevs, Iļja Martinovs, Lauris Šmeiksts, Matīss Dambītis, Armands Upenieks and Aldis Buks. The team members took part in the Folkrace, MiniSumo and Line following events.
As in other competitions this season, very good success was achieved in the Folkrace event. The Folkrace robots built by Matīss and Aldis Buks took all the podium places – 1st, 2nd and 3rd place!
In the Minisumo event, students-amateurs group, the robot built by Armands Upenieks won 2nd place, while the Minisumo robot built by Matīss and Aldis Buks won 3rd place.
Lauris Šmeiksts with the robots he built and prepared for the competition together with Linards Šmeiksts won, respectively, 1st place in the Minisumo event, pupils’ group, and 2nd place in the Line following event without turbine!
Eduards Lipiniks with the Line following robot without turbine that he built won 3rd place.
Competitions bring great experience and ideas for improving existing robots and building the next ones. Thank you to all the participants and advisers for the time and work put into preparing for the competition. Good luck in the coming competitions!
Juris Erts, organiser of the robotics club’s work