The Team
The “Minders” team was established in 2010 by a group of Antonopoulos School - Ekpedeftiki Anagennisi students, a private school, aiming at including and promoting robotics in its curriculum.
They are one of the most widely known teams in the Hellenic Contest WRO Hellas, having participated very successfully for the past four years.
Since their inception, the team has aimed at applying techniques of human logic and thought to their creations in order for the“robots” to be able to identify with humans and, therefore, to enhance the standards of living in any field (eg. Project Eurydice, RoboMind Project, RoboHermes Project)
With this criteria in mind, the Minders team was established with the goal to further advance and evolve the technology in the field of Robotics, something that has been successfully achieved by each generation of Minders.
Until now, the most successful project of Minders team is the SKEye project which was placed 4th in the World Robot Olympiad of 2018 at Gyur (Hungary).
The “Minders” team was established in 2010 by a group of Antonopoulos School - Ekpedeftiki Anagennisi students, a private school, aiming at including and promoting robotics in its curriculum.
They are one of the most widely known teams in the Hellenic Contest WRO Hellas, having participated very successfully for the past four years.
Since their inception, the team has aimed at applying techniques of human logic and thought to their creations in order for the“robots” to be able to identify with humans and, therefore, to enhance the standards of living in any field (eg. Project Eurydice, RoboMind Project, RoboHermes Project)
With this criteria in mind, the Minders team was established with the goal to further advance and evolve the technology in the field of Robotics, something that has been successfully achieved by each generation of Minders.
Until now, the most successful project of Minders team is the SKEye project which was placed 4th in the World Robot Olympiad of 2018 at Gyur (Hungary).
Latest Distinctions
(2019-2021)
RoboPacket: WRO Hellas – 2nd Place
Macaruno: Spring Challenge – 1st Place
Previous Awards
Poseidon Project
RoboPacket: WRO Hellas – 2nd Place
Macaruno: Spring Challenge – 1st Place
ShineSpace Project
RoboPacket: WRO Hellas – 2nd Place
Macaruno: Spring Challenge – 1st Place
RoboHermes Project
RoboPacket: WRO Hellas – 2nd Place
Macaruno: Spring Challenge – 1st Place
SkyEye Project
RoboPacket: WRO Hellas – 2nd Place
Macaruno: Spring Challenge – 1st Place
Meet the Talents
Roster & Responsibilities
Giorgos Klonis
Engineer & ProgrammerGeorge was mainly involved in the programming of the Raspberry pi 4 and EV3. He also worked on the construction of the Project. More specifically, he built the mechanisms of the flying wind turbine. In addition, he was responsible for the connection / architecture of the Raspberry pi 4 communication.
Dionysis Kanellis
ProgrammerDionysis was involved in creating the applications and the website, which represents both the balloon and the greenhouse. He was also responsible for the Portfolio.
Konstantinos Moustakakis
Marketing & Media ManagerKonstantinos was involved in the development of ideas and the promotion of the project. In addition, he edited the writing of the Business Plan. He was also responsible for decorating the model. Finally, he designed and printed the 3D version of the flying wind turbine.
Thanos Kotsokolos
Engineer & ProgrammerThanos was mainly involved in the construction of the Project. In particular, he constructed most of the mechanisms needed to carry out the functions of the greenhouse. In addition, he was involved in the programming of both the EV3 and the Raspberry pi 4. Finally, he supervised the construction - configuration of the Project model.
Giannis Gamaletsos
R&DGiannis was involved in the development of ideas and the promotion of the project. In particular, he organized the Business Plan of the Project. He also helped on the Portfolio. Finally, he was responsible for finding suitable sensors and in general any object other than Lego, for the implementation of our idea.
Christos Antonopoulos
CoachChristos is a graduate of the Ekpaideftiki Anagennisi school. He is 19 years old and is currently studing at Cambridge University. He also has experience in the robotics competition, as he won 4th place in the Robotics Olympiad, in 2019, with his team. Finally, he helped with the development of the Project.
The Team's Trainers
Dimitris Moraitis
Computer Science TeacherMr. Moraitis is a Computer Science teacher. He is the team’s director since 2010, and he counts all of the team’s successes in his biography.
Iasonas Taoukis
Computer Science StudentIasonas is a student at the University of Piraeus, and along with Orfeas he is one of the founding members of the Minders group. He is mostly engaged in Computer Science and Robotics Teaching, and is responsible of coordinating the group’s efforts and maintaining communication with external partners.
Orfeas Zafeiris
Computer Science StudentOrfeas is a student at the University of Ioannina and one of the founding members of the Minders group. He is mostly enaged in Computer Science, Software Engineering, and construction of large and complex systems. He is responsible of coordinating all programming efforts and introducing new and advanced development techniques.
Polytimos Tryfonidis
Electronic Engineering StudentPolytimos is a student at the Metropolitan College, that collaborates with the University of East London. He is engaged in Electronic Engineering. He is responsible for coordinating the group’s effort and implementing programming and mechanical techniques.
Sissy Spanopoulou
Computer Science TeacherMrs. Sissy is a Computer Science teacher. Last year participated as a Coach in the WRO Hellas contest with Minders Junior and got the 3rd Place. This year, her team managed to take the 1st Place and travel to Doha for the World Robot Olympiad.
