With the support of the Research and Innovation Foundation (RIF) and the coordination of the Cyprus Computer Society (CCS), two student robotics teams from FLL Cyprus proudly represented Cyprus at top-tier international FIRST® LEGO® League events, aligned with this season’s theme of Ocean Exploration!

ROBOTHEADZ – International Participation in the FIRST® Championship in Texas, USA

The ROBOTHEADZ team, guided by Dr. Pericles Cheng of STEM Education Cyprus, secured 1st place and the Champion's Award at the FIRST® LEGO® League Challenge Cyprus 2025. As the winning team, they traveled to Houston, USA, to participate in the international FIRST® Championship, held from April 16 to 19, 2025.Ten students aged 12–16 took part in the mission: Alexandros Grigorieff, Giorgos Ioulianou, Ioannis Ioannou, Kourken Torossian, Konstantinos Neophytou, Panagiotis Ioulianou, Sofia Papadopoulou, Stefanos Metaxas, Ariadni Tsapsidou, and Vasiliki Papadopoulou, accompanied by their coach and families.

This flagship FIRST® event brought together over 50,000 participants from 160 countries, promoting collaboration, innovation, and global exchange of ideas. The Cypriot robotics team designed and programmed a robot to complete missions on the Robot Game field and presented the Innovation Project: a diving mask equipped with artificial intelligence that identifies fish species in real time, aiming to detect potentially dangerous marine life invading wetlands. ROBOTHEADZ ranked among the top 100 teams worldwide within the FIRST® LEGO® League Challenge event, out of 160 teams and nearly 2,000 participants in that specific competition.

ROBOMAC – Public School at the global stage of the FIRST® LEGO® League Open International -Greece

Robomac, a team from the Technical School Makarios III in Nicosia, earned 2nd place and the Innovation Project Award in the 2025 FLL Cyprus competition. Students Konstantinos Panteli, Michail Tsianakkas, Vasilis Zannetou, Michalis Iacovou, Andreas Chatziloizou, Stella Englezou, Nikolas Sialos, Alexandros Menelaou, Savinia Makri, and Michalis Michail, under the guidance of Computer Engineering educators Panayiotis Englezakis and Andreas Andreou, participated in the FIRST® LEGO® League Open International Greece 2025, held in Corinth from May 2 to 4, 2025.

This international event hosted 48 teams from 40 countries, emphasizing networking, knowledge exchange, and collaborative learning. The Robomac students demonstrated the value of teamwork and creative engineering, earning praise for their ethics, technical excellence, and originality. Robomac’s young roboticists became ambassadors of Cypriot innovation, received positive feedback from judges, and returned home committed to sharing their knowledge with the wider school community in Cyprus.

Keeping the Momentum in STEM Education

The Cyprus Computer Society warmly congratulates both teams and their coaches for their outstanding achievements and wishes them continued success in their future journeys in STEM. At the same time, it extends its sincere thanks to the Research and Innovation Foundation for its valuable support—both for the international delegations and the national competition organised by the Society.

CCS remains committed to organizing student competitions in robotics, informatics, and cybersecurity. Key upcoming events include:

• Robotex MRC Cyprus 2025 (June)
• Cyprus Cyber Security Challenge CCSC (July)
• Participation in International Olympiads in Informatics (August)

Stay tuned to CCS activities via social media and the website: www.ccs.org.cy