The 2022/2023 season of the “15th Latvian Robotics Championship” ends with the 6th stage at RTU
On 13 May 2023, the 6th and final stage of this school year’s robotics championship took place at the RTU Faculty of Electronics and Telecommunications. Preiļi Robotics Club team members competed with 29 robots in 10 events – Mini Sumo, Line following, Folkrace, Folkrace PRO, iRobot Sumo, Lego line following, Lego Sumo, Lego Sumo PRO, Lego Folkrace, Freestyle.
As the RTU stage is the closing stage of the 15th Latvian Robotics Championship, its results also decided the overall standings of all 6 robotics competitions.
At the RTU competition our team members won several prize places:
In the Mini Sumo event, pupils’ group, Mārtiņš Ulpe 12.B won 2nd place with his robot, and Patrīcija Reščenko 12.A and Laimonis Kokins 12.B won shared 3rd place.
In the Line following event, pupils’ category, 2nd place was won by Mārtiņš Ulpe 11.B.
In the Folkrace event, pupils’ category, 2nd place was won by Patrīcija Reščenko 12.A.
In the Folkrace event, PRO category, 1st and 2nd place were won by the Robotu Skola and Preiļi Robotics Club team, in which Armands Upenieks, Matīss Buks and Aldis Buks joined forces, while 3rd place was won by Rinalds Ivanovs (student).
In the iRobot Sumo event, 1st and 3rd place were won by Jānis Bečs 12.A (the robots were also built with the help of Ritvars Vjakse 12.A), and as a prize he received yet another iRobot vacuum cleaner, useful around the house!
In the Lego line following event 3rd place and in the Lego Folkrace event 3rd place were won by Andrejs Gžibovskis 8.B.
In the Lego Sumo Pro group, Jānis Bērzinieks 7.D and Gustavs Briška (Preiļi 1st Primary School, 7.B) won 2nd place.
In the Freestyle event Gustavs Briška (Preiļi 1st Primary School, 7.B) received the approval of the referees and won 1st place!
In the overall standings of all 6 competitions of the season among Latvian competitors, our members took several prize places:
In the Folkrace event, pupils’ group, 1st place in the overall standings was won by Patrīcija Reščenko 12.A.
In the Folkrace event, PRO group, 1st and 3rd place were won by the Robotu Skola/PRK team (Aldis Buks, Matīss Buks, Armands Upenieks).
In the Mini Sumo event, pupils’ group, 1st place in the overall standings was won by Katrīna Jaundzema 12.A and Anastasija Krohmaļuka 12.A, and 2nd place by Mārtiņš Ulpe 11.B.
In the Line following event, pupils’ group, 1st place in the overall standings was won by Markuss Martinkus 11.B and 2nd place by Mārtiņš Ulpe 11.B.
In the iRobot event, against fierce competition, 2nd place in the overall standings was won by Jānis Bečs 12.A.
In Lego Sumo, older pupils’ group, 2nd place and 3rd place were won, respectively, by the robots of Kristers Šņepsts 9.D and Jānis Bērzinieks 7.D.
In Lego line following, 2nd and 3rd place in the overall standings were won by Andrejs Gžibovskis 8.D.
In the Mini Sumo PRO event, shared 3rd place was won by the Robotu Skola/PRK team (Aldis Buks, Matīss Buks, Armands Upenieks) and Laimonis Kokins 12.B.
Thank you to all the team members for their preparation and for taking part in the competitions!
Thank you to all the helpers and advisers for their work throughout the whole season, especially Kārlis Pīgožnis, Matīss Dambītis, Armands Upenieks, Linards Šmeiksts!
Juris Erts, work organiser of the robotics club