Jonás Rincón Bañuelos, 8, and Axel Gabriel Franco Marín, 9, pose proudly with their robots after representing Mexico at the 2025 Robomatrix tournament in Quito Ecuador.
The two boys had previously won a gold medal in 2024 for a national competition held in Veracruz.
Robomatrix participants build their own robots from kits and learn to program them for a game somewhat akin to sumo wrestling, in which skillful players use their robot to push those of their competitors out of a limited playing area.