Indonesia Robot Contest (KRI) 2015 conducted at Universitas Muhammadiyah Yogyakarta (UMY) had many interesting stories. For instance, the spectators were not only university students but also public. The contest attracted any generation as youth, adult, or even elementary students (SD).

Three elementary students were found watching the robot contest in the highest middle hall without their parents. When required to introduce themselves, they did it. They were Hafiz (a grade five student), Zidan (a grade four student), and Rafi (a grade two student). They came from a house complex, namely perumahan PKU, Bantul. “We want to see robot,” they told why they came to Sportorium of UMY on the last day of KRI 2015.

They said that they recognized the contest robot from banners around UMY and information when one of them attended exercise course. They came to UMY because it was holiday (Sunday, 14/6) so that they had spare time. In addition, they came to UMY by cycling.

They had seen that Hafiz’s brother created a robot and it made them love robot and were eager to watch the robot contest. Moreover, Rafi could acknowledge and memorize all robots in Transformer.

“I like robots as in the movie of Transformer and Wall-E. I am fond of the huge green robot in front of there,” stated Rafi while pointing to a huge green robot of UMY in front of the stage even though he wants to be an animal researcher when he grows up. Additionally, he asserted that he love soccer robots in the Indonesia Soccer Robot Contest (KRSBI). “The robots are amusing. They often fell down when kicking the ball,” he inserted and laughed.

When they were asked whether they would join the robot contest later, they all together answered, “Insya Allah, we want to join it.”

Their attendance in the robot contest displayed that the contest was enjoyment for all generation as adult or university students and children. Children’s interest in robots would bring encouragement for them to make more sophisticated robots which make Indonesia proud when they grow up. This could become information for the parents that holiday is not the matter of going to tourism places, but the robot contest could be the other choice.

In the end of interview, Rafi, the youngest of the other friends, inquired, “Is there any robot that could swim?” It showed that Indonesian children’s imagination and creativity were getting much better and always evolving. The thought might ultimately trigger them to coin unexpected robots to name Indonesia in international level.