On Monday, November 5, 2018, a conference was held in Patras on “Construction of robots using Arduino and open technologies”. The event attended more than 300 teachers of all levels of Western Greece, students and those interested in Robotics using Open Technologies.

The day was held in the context of the 1st Greek National Open Technology Robotics Competition organized by 26 Higher Academic Institutions, Research Centers and institutions from all Regions.

The event was held at the Conference and Cultural Center of the University of Patras and was organized by the University of Patras and the coordinators of the organizing committee of Western Greece (Panagiotis Koustoumbardis, Vassilis Daloukas, Vassilis Tsakanikas, Panagiotis Theocharis) as well as the members of the organization.

The founder of Makerlab, Panagotis Theocharis, talked about Robotics with Open Technologies in Primary School students.