CHAMPIONSHIP. The SumoSweeper robot took gold at this year’s Swedish Championships of Robotics in Göteborg. Builder Aske Holt was awarded with a gift certificate and a Blue-ray version of The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy.

In the competition, robots fought each other two-on-two in a sumo competition. The goal was to push the opposing robot out of a marked area. Competition rules state that robots must be able to carry out their own movements without any guidance from the builders.

Another highlight from this year's competition was a workshop where visitors could build their own robots and then pit their works against one another.