News
From our first world championship in Istanbul to the world title in Incheon — all SERŠ TEAM news in one place.
2026
2024
Hanover, Germany, RoboCup 2024
European Championship 2024: from 13 to 16 June, SERŠ teams competed at the European robotics championship, held this time in Hanover. SERŠ was represented by three teams …
Eindhoven, Netherlands, RoboCup 2024
World Championship 2024: from 17 to 21 July 2024, students of SERŠ Maribor competed at the RoboCup 2024 world championship, held this time in Eindhoven …
2023
2019
Blue Mountains
After the competition we had a free day before flying home, which we used for a day trip to the Blue Mountains — a side of Australia you don't see in the big city …
Sydney, Australia, RoboCup 2019
Saturday, 29 June 2019: we set off from SERŠ. Despite one of the busiest Saturdays at the Croatian border, the journey to Sydney began …
Sydney – seeing the city
We somehow had to beat the time difference. The easiest way is simply not to sleep when you would be asleep at home — so we went on a tour of the city and the famous Opera House …
The competition
Things didn't go to plan at first. In the Maze category the robot wouldn't work — too many small errors and too little time. Everything that had worked before refused to at the competition …
Maribor, Slovenia, RoboCup 2019
On Tuesday, 14 May 2019, the national robotics competition took place at FERI. Our students competed in RoboCup Junior Maze and RoboCup Junior Simulation …
Liptovský Mikuláš, Slovakia, RoboCup 2019
From 27 to 29 March 2019, SERŠ teams competed at the Slovak Open in Liptovský Mikuláš in northern Slovakia, with three teams in two categories …
Montreal, Canada, RoboCup 2018
From 16 to 24 June 2018, four SERŠ students competed at the RoboCup 2018 world robotics championship in Montreal, Canada …
Award for best innovation and 4th place
Once again we finished the competition in style. Jaka and Rok won the Award for best innovation in Rescue Maze, and Klemen and Nejc took 4th place overall …
2017
Not very Japanese at all
One curiosity worth mentioning: even in Japan, the home of robots and the birthplace of this competition, the event started and ran with quite a few …
Nagoya, Japan, RoboCup 2017
While most students were enjoying their holidays, four SERŠ students set off on a long journey after many sleepless nights preparing for the world robotics championship …
Welcome to extreme conditions
The first thing that surprised us on arrival was the weather: around 35 °C with humidity between 94 and 97 % — conditions that are hard to get used to …
Not just worth it — it was exceptional
The days in Nagoya flew by at an incredible pace; caught between the many obligations a competition like this brings, we were completely absorbed …
Liptovský Mikuláš, Slovakia, RoboCup 2017
From 6 to 8 April, Marko Kužner, Nejc Firbas, Klemen Hercog, Žak Drofenik, Rok Mihailović Krpan, Jaka Waldhütter and mentor Miran Waldhütter competed at the Slovak national competition …
2016
Leipzig, Germany, RoboCup 2016
For the sixth year in a row our school qualified for the RoboCup world championship. Only the best team from each country can compete …
Liptovský Mikuláš, Slovakia, RoboCup 2016
As in previous years, we took part in the Slovak Open, held this year in Liptovský Mikuláš …
2015
RoboCup 2015, Hefei, China
In mid-July, when most students head off on a well-earned holiday, Matjaž Kajba, Rok Mihailović Krpan, Simon Perkovič and Uroš Štok, with mentor Miran Waldhütter …
Hefei, China, RoboCup 2015
At the RoboCup 2015 world championship in Hefei, China, our school's teams achieved another outstanding result: SERŠ TEAM took 3rd place in CoSpace …
Hefei, China, RoboCup 2015
Liptovský Mikuláš, Slovakia, RoboCup 2015
On 16 April 2015 we gathered at 7:50 in front of Ljudski vrt: Domen Ornik, Matjaž Kajba, Rok Mihailović Krpan, Tomaž Rak, Simon Perkovič, Miran Waldhütter and our driver Boštjan …
2014
João Pessoa, Brazil, RoboCup 2014
We set off for the world championship when most students were already on holiday. In SERŠ TEAM, competing in Rescue B Junior, two students were at such a big competition for the first time …
Liptovský Mikuláš, Slovakia, RoboCup 2014
From 10 to 12 April 2014 the competition takes place in Slovakia. The SERŠ robotics club is competing with two teams: SERŠ TEAM is Matjaž Kajba and Simon Perkovič …
2013
Lisbon, Portugal, RoboCup 2013
This school year SERŠ took part in an international project building and programming mobile robots for RoboCup Junior. The aim was to promote robotics and the competition …
Eindhoven, Netherlands, RoboCup 2013
While most students were heading off on holiday, SERŠ students Bojan Potočnik and Matej Drobnič achieved the greatest success in the school's history: 1st place in the world in robotics …
Košice, Slovakia, RoboCup 2013
Day 1: on Friday, 5 April 2013, we set off from SERŠ towards Slovakia at around two in the morning, travelling through Hungary and arriving at around nine …
Graz, Austria, RoboCup 2013
SERŠ TEAM (Bojan Potočnik and Matej Drobnič) and the mixed Slovenian-Austrian SI-AT TEAM (Andraž Vergles, Matjaž Kajba and Domen Ornik on the Slovenian side) competed at the open …
2012
Mexico City, Mexico, RoboCup 2012
The SERŠ Maribor team on the podium at the RoboCup 2012 Rescue B Junior world championship. The school's robotics club had another very successful year …
Liptovský Mikuláš, Slovakia, RoboCup 2012
From 22 to 24 March 2012 the RoboCup Junior robot building and programming competition took place in Slovakia. Six students represented our school in Rescue B with two robots …
