Two young Romanians, Robert-Valeriu Cotofana and Andrei Kovari, have finished second in the RobotChallenge competition in Vienna, Austria, with a robot called Overclocker 2.0.

Other Romanian teams got medals at various challenges - the full results are here.

RobotChallenge is an international championship for self-made, autonomous, and mobile robots. It takes place annually in Vienna, Austria. Since 2004, more than 1,500 robots from all over the world have taken part in the competition.

With its 15 different competitions the event offers suitable challenges for beginners as well as experienced robot designers of all age groups. As a reward for their months of work in the area of informatics, electronics, mechanics and artificial intelligence, RobotChallenge gives them the possibility to present their robots to an enthusiastic audience.