Our scientific student team, Hyperion Robotics, ranked first in our debut participation at the Eurobot Serbia 2026 robotics competition in Novi Sad on April 17–18, achieving a significant distinction for the University of Western Macedonia.

Within the framework of this year’s theme, “Winter is Coming,” we designed and developed autonomous robotic systems capable of executing complex missions on a specially designed track.

Through coordinated efforts and a high level of technical expertise, our team stood out from the rest. Our robotic systems demonstrated unmatched precision, excellent coordination, and outstanding reliability. We solidified our dominance on the track by also securing 1st place in the SIMAs racing category, writing our own piece of history in our very first appearance.

This incredible double victory is more than just a competitive milestone; it is a true testament to our dedication and engineering capabilities. We are incredibly proud of this achievement and look forward to continuing our hard work, ready to represent our university and take on new challenges in the future.

For the sixth consecutive year, our team impressed with its performance, climbing the rankings and standing out among dozens of participants from around the world.

Our autonomous robot, Orpheus, proudly represented the team in the first five qualification matches, securing a spot in the final knockout stage. There, with composure and technical excellence, our team managed to eliminate some of the strongest competitors in the tournament. Advancing all the way to the grand final, we proudly secured 2nd place overall, writing our own chapter in the competition’s history.

Alongside our podium finish, a special honor for us was receiving the Team’s Choice Award (Team Prize) for the second year in a row — a distinction awarded through the votes of fellow competitors, recognizing our team’s ethos, collaboration, and overall presence.

Hyperion Robotics warmly congratulates all participating teams as well as the competition organizers. Our goal is to take part in Eurobot 2026 and to continue our team’s strong performance.

It was a milestone year for our team, celebrating its tenth anniversary. For the fifth year, our team participated in the European Robotics Competition – Eurobot 2024, with the theme “Farming Mars.” The robots had to collect and place various objects at designated points on the competition track. The collection and placement mechanisms of the team’s robots stood out and impressed.

Our robot, Attis, managed to attract significant attention, resulting in the award of the “Team Prize,” one of the three prizes of the competition. Both Attis and Sima successfully passed the technical checks and competed in five rounds. Throughout the competition, the team scored a total of 157 points and ranked 18th out of 30 teams.

Hyperion Robotics would like to congratulate both the participating teams and the competition organizing committee for creating an excellent atmosphere. Also, the team would like to thank the companies that believed in its effort and with their sponsorships made possible the participation of Greece in the European Robotics Competition.

Our team proudly exhibited Project Cronus v4, a magnetic robotic chessboard and the Ambrosia robot, which represented us at the Eurobot 2023, at the 87th Thessaloniki International Fair (TIF). Our exhibits drew in hundreds of visitors, who were delighted to witness the latest version of our chess project.

This year, we had the honor of presenting our projects to the President of the Hellenic Republic, Mrs. Katerina Sakellaropoulou. She showed particular interest in the Project Cronus chessboard, which was truly gratifying for our team.

The theme of this year’s competition was “Cherry on the Cake”. The two robots the team competed with, Nectar and Ambrose, names inspired by the delicacies of the goddesses of ancient Greece, were programmed to perform this year’s goals for maximum points. The main objective was to collect and sort discs, which were placed on the competition track in a tri-colored cake formation with a cherry on top.

Nectar and Ambrosia successfully passed the technical checks and competed in five rounds. Throughout the competition the team achieved 3 wins and scored a total of 126 points. As a result the team was ranked 19th out of 26 teams, achieving its best performance in the competition.

Hyperion Robotics would like to congratulate both the participating teams and the competition organizing committee for creating an excellent atmosphere. Also, the team would like to thank the companies that believed in its effort and with their sponsorships made possible the participation of Greece in the European Robotics Competition.

Our team proudly exhibited Project Cronus v3, a robotic Arm and chessboard, at the 86th Thessaloniki International Fair (TIF). Our exhibits drew in hundreds of visitors, who were delighted to witness the latest version of our chess project.

Our robots Pygmalion and Galatea secured the 20th position for our first experience as a team since the coronavirus pandemic. Multiple new members were introduced to the world of robotic contests.

With the completion of the 10th Anniversary Festival of Industrial Informatics – i2fest, which took place from September 27 to October 5, at the Apostolos Mardyris Exhibition Center in Kavala, the team with Project Cronus, the robotic arm that plays chess against humans, was awarded the first “10 Years i2fest Award”.

Thanks to the experience we gained from last year we managed to take the first 2 victories for our country and collect 226 points totally with our robots Uranus and Gaia in the European Robotics Competition.

The team participated for the first time at TEDxNKUA on the 13th of April. The event took place at the NCSR “DEMOKRITOS” in Attiki and was organised by the National & Kapodistrian University of Athens.

Our team took the 13th place among 22 teams of the world’s best universities, at the World Robotics Olympics, in the category Advanced Robotics Challenge, which was held in Chiang Mai, Thailand, on 16-18 November.

The team was invited to the Startup Event of the Year, Disrupt Greece. There Hyperion Robotics presented Eos, a humanoid robot and a rather unusual speaker.

The team participated for the first time in the international exhibition of thessaloniki on the 8th to the 16th of September. It was the 83th year the exhibition was organized. We were on section 12 and invited by Digital Greece.

The team won the 35th place out of the 300 entries, successfully passing the third and final stage at the Eurobot (European Robotics Competition), held in La Roche sur Yon, France, on 9-13 May 2018. Its participation was a landmark in the history of the competition since it was the first Greek team to participate since its launch in 1998.

The team presented, for the first time in Greece, on April 23rd 2018, the Cronus project, a robotic chess playing arm that can even win against a proficient chess grand master.

The team, after a good performance, won the 3rd place in Greece at the WRO Robotics Contest, amongst other universities, held in Athens on July 1st 2017.

The award ceremony of our team by Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras and the Greek Association of Information Technology & Communications Enterprises – SEPE within the Digital Economy Forum 2016.

The preparation of the team for the World robotics Olympics in New Delhi took place in intensive, exhausting rhythms. We had prepared the robot for the best possible result. Unfortunate factors such as last-minute flight cancellations and luggage losses did not daunt us. There was a positive mood that helped us deal with any problem. This became apparent when the robot could not work after the jury’s examination of the standards and during the first round. The team, with coordinated moves, managed to locate the problem in a short period of time and reprogrammed the robot, thus scoring high in the second round. However, in combination with the zero score of the first round, it was unable to qualify to the finals. Nonetheless, our team managed to acquire a good place (28th in a total of 52 teams) thanks to the high score of the second round. For the experience of participation and for giving us the opportunity to partake in this competition, we warmly thank Cisco Greece, GEANALYSIS, OKTABIT, SingularLogic and also the Greek Telecommunication Operators Association (SEPE), TIF Helexpo and the University of Western Macedonia that trusted us to represent it.

At the WRO World Robotics Competition that was held in Doha, Qatar on the 6th to 8th of November 2015, our team ranked 19th in the world (in a total of 37 teams),after acquiring the first place in Europe and Greece amongst the other universities.