Indonesian Students' "Rajawali" Drone Reaches Top 4 at World Robot Summit 2025
Jakarta - Three Indonesian high school students, members of Team Bayu Sakti, achieved outstanding results at the World Robot Summit (WRS) 2025. The competition was held from October 10 to 12, 2025, in Fukushima, Japan.
In this prestigious international robotics competition, Team Bayu Sakti successfully reached the top four in the world in the Disaster Robotics Drone Challenge category.
The WRS was organized by the Fukushima Institute for Research, Education, and Innovation (FREI) in collaboration with the Ministry of Economy, Trade, and Industry of Japan, and was attended by hundreds of robotics experts from various countries.
The World Robot Summit (WRS) is an international robotics competition and exhibition aimed at accelerating research, innovation, and the real-world application of robotics systems.
This event brings together teams from various countries to solve global challenges using robots with the latest technology.
The Bayu Sakti team consists of Ksatria Wibawa Putra Murti (16), Owen Tay Jia Hao (16) from ACS Jakarta, and Arga Wibawa (18) from Al Irsyad High School, a recent 12th-grader. They are the sole Indonesian representatives and the youngest team in the event.
"This exceeded our expectations. Our goal was simply to qualify for the WRS and bring good name to Indonesia. In fact, we were able to reach the finals and reach the top four in the world," said Ksatria, the Bayu Sakti Team Leader, as quoted in a press release on Monday (10/13/2025).
Indonesia's young generation is capable of competing with developed countries. According to Owen, this achievement proves that Indonesia's young generation is capable of competing with participants from developed countries.
"We beat teams of students and researchers who have more experience and facilities," he said. Meanwhile, Arga Wibawa added that this achievement demonstrates that Indonesia's human resources have great potential in the field of robotics technology.
"As the youngest team, Bayu Sakti's results prove that Indonesian human resources can compete closely with those from developed countries," Arga said.
"Rajawali" drone, a national creation powered by AI technology. In this competition, the Bayu Sakti Team showcased the "Rajawali" drone, an autonomous AI-powered disaster response drone specifically designed to assist in disaster management. This drone is capable of autonomously mapping affected areas and detecting structural cracks, hazard labels, rust, and other risk indicators using a depth camera and advanced image processing.
Team Bayu Sakti was the sole Indonesian representative and the youngest team to reach the top four in the Disaster Robotics Drone Challenge. The competition, attended by teams from around the world, including students and professional researchers, was organized by the Fukushima Institute for Research, Education, and Innovation (FREI) in collaboration with the Ministry of Economy, Trade, and Industry of Japan.
The Rajawali drone is capable of mapping disaster areas, moving autonomously, and detecting various hazard indicators such as cracks, hazard labels, rust, and other signs of damage. This innovation was independently developed by Team Bayu Sakti over six months in preparation for WRS 2025.
