We Know the Winners of the 6th Annual ROBO-VEHICLE PILSEN!

On Thursday, March 13, 2025, the announcement of the winners of the international robotics competition ROBO-VEHICLE PILSEN 2025 took place in the social hall of the Secondary Vocational School of Electrical Engineering in Pilsen. The award ceremony was held in the presence of the Deputy Governor of the Pilsen Region for Education, Ing. Vladimír Kroc, and the Deputy Governor of the Pilsen Region for Regional Development, Petr Vanka, representatives of the University of West Bohemia in Pilsen, SOUE Pilsen, Techmania Science Center, as well as representatives of the competition sponsors Baker Hughes, Konplan, Possehl Electronics, and Škoda Group.

Representatives of the Pilsen Region and sponsors Baker Hughes and Škoda Group presented all competitors with commemorative items, diplomas, and medals as a thank you for their participation. A representative of Konplan awarded the winners in the category “Best Presentation in English,” a representative of Possehl Electronics awarded the winners in the category “Best Ride,” and Plzeňská teplárenská awarded the winners in the category “Best Design.” Techmania Science Center prepared a special award for one of the competing teams in the form of toolkits, which was received by a team from Turkey.

The announcement of the overall competition placement was carried out by the Deputy for Education and Sports Ing. Vladimír Kroc and JUDr. Jaroslava Havlíčková MBA, Head of the Department of Education, Youth, and Sports of the Pilsen Region. The prize for first place overall was awarded to team no. 24 from the Training College and Secondary School of Electrical Engineering in Pilsen, namely Jan Vopalecký and Marek Trš.

We warmly thank all the competitors for participating in the 6th annual international robotics competition and hope to meet again next year to spend great moments full of excitement, competitiveness, and fun!

All photos from this year’s competition can be found here at the latest by the end of March. Don’t forget to follow our Instagram, where we will notify you in time about the publication of the photos and the aftermovie. You can find the results list below in this article.

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Best presentation category

The competition team will prepare an electronic presentation in .pptx or .pdf format, with a maximum size of 100 MB. If these conditions are not met, the presentation will not start.

Competitors will present using a computer in conjunction with a data projector. The time range of the presentation is a maximum of 10 minutes. After the presentation, the evaluation committee has
up to 5 minutes for questions. The team with the highest number of points wins the category.

Presentation must contain:

  • brief description of the vehicle
  • description of the most interesting technical parts and their solutions
  • greatest success in construction (electronics, design, mechanical construction, programming, adjustment, …)
  • the biggest problem during construction (electronics, design, mechanical construction, programming, adjustment, …)
  • benefit for own professional development
  • use of resources (web, literature, …)

Best ride category

Before the start of each team’s competition, a measured amount of water – 70 ml – will be poured into the cup. If the water cup is knocked over, the vehicle must be placed at the start again and the cup must be refilled with the prescribed amount of water.

The robotic vehicle, transporting a cup with a measured amount
of water, must pass the defined track in the shortest possible time without spilling the water in the cup.

The track is formed by a leading black curved line on a white background, it does not intersect
anywhere, the start line also forms the finish line.

There are two obstacles in the track, an unlit tunnel and guardrails on both sides of the guide line.

The competitor places the vehicle on the guide line in front of the black line crossing the track (START/FINISH), starts it manually so that the vehicle already passes the black line crossing the track (START/FINISH). After safely passing the track, including meeting other conditions, the vehicle must automatically stop behind the black line (START/FINISH) crossing the track. If the vehicle does not automatically stop behind the black line (START/FINISH) crossing the track, a penalty of 5 seconds will be added to the final time of this run.;

In the case of a complete departure of the vehicle from the black guide line (the vehicle leaves
the black guide line with its entire chassis), or when the track is shortened, the vehicle must be placed
at the start again.

Total time to pass the track including repositioning of the vehicle on START is 7 minutes.
A competition team can use the full track time of 7 minutes.

Timing will be done electronically. The best time to pass the track will be entered in the score
sheet.

The team with the shortest time to cross the track wins the category.

Best design category

Committee evaluates:

  • original fairing of the vehicle (colours, elaboration of parts, quality of parts, …)
  • protection of electronics from water
    interesting lighting (headlights, beacons, …)
  • unusual sounds (beacon, warning sounds, …)