Robotics Championship RoboRAVE 2025: Greece Returns from Beijing with Five Medals
The Greek delegation has returned to Athens from the International Robotics Championship "RoboRAVE 2025", which was hosted in Beijing on August 25 and 26, 2025, with significant distinctions and five medals.
The Greek presence was represented by twenty-five teams with seventy-five students from Larissa, Volos, Karditsa, Drama, and Pella. These teams were selected last April through the first "RoboRAVE Greece" national competition, which took place in Larissa, forming the core of the national team. The delegation was the second largest after the Chinese one, and it managed to stand out for its performance and ingenuity.
RoboRAVE International is an international event that brings together students and educators from all over the world, promoting innovation, collaboration and STEM values. More than 700 contestants from various countries participated in the World Final in Beijing, competing in different fields.
The Greek students, divided into three age categories, competed in four fields:
SumoBot, where robots compete in a wrestling ring;
Line Follow – Sprint, which combines precision and speed;
a-MAZE-ing, which highlights a robot's ability to navigate a labyrinth;
Entrepreneurship, which promotes technology and innovation with a social character.
Through these participations, the Greek teams demonstrated their high-level technological training, collaborative spirit, and creativity.
Discrimination of Greek groups
The Greek teams won top positions, winning three medals and two special awards, while also achieving another significant distinction:
- 1st place – Line Following: The AtomRobotics A team from Volos (Organization AtomRobotics) won the top distinction in one of the most demanding competitions, requiring accuracy, speed and high-level programming.
- 2nd place – Amazing Senior: The Robotek X team from Drama (Robotek Educational Organization) climbed to the podium with 2nd place, leaving behind strong rivals from Asia and America.
- 3rd place – Firefighting: The RobotHeads team of the University of Thessaly won the 3rd place in a challenge that simulates firefighting using robotic applications, highlighting the link between students and research and practical applications.
- Special Engineering Award: R2 (Karditsa Robotics)won the Special Engineering Award in the Entrepreneurship category.
- Special Award for Excellent Presentation: The Primary School of Stomio won the Special Award for Presentation in the same category of Entrepreneurship, highlighting the level of preparation and creativity of students even from the smallest levels of education.
- 5th place – Amazing: The Dalkyriadou Foreign Language School from Krya Vrisi, Pella, ranked 5th in the Amazing category, confirming that educational Robotics is not limited only to specialized schools and universities.
At "RoboRAVE 2025," the Greek teams proved that imagination and creativity, when combined with proper education and inspired guidance, can bring young people to the international stage. Students with vision and optimism are turning their ideas into reality, competing with the world's major powers and showing that the future belongs to those who dare to create.
