1132 teams have signed up for Robotex this year. It is more than the previous Guinness record of 1075 teams at the VEX Worlds robot competition that took place in the United States in April 2016.

Robotex, the biggest robotics competition in Europe from last year, is aiming to be the largest in the world next year, in connection to the 100 th anniversary of the Republic of Estonia.

“Estonia’s success story-to- come will be the extensive robotics skills among children and the youth, which will provide them with interesting and profitable jobs,” says Mart Laul, Project Manager of Robotex 2016. “We will be going for the official world record next year, this year we have concentrated on introducing even younger children to the world of robotics,” adds Laul.