The gold medal was presented to Rudy Hartono, a student of UNIKOM, who made the robot dubbed "Robot DU-114."

The Robot DU-114 came out as the winner in the international robot competition for the category of open fire-fighting autonomous robots, Andi Rahadian, head of education, social and cultural affairs at the Indonesian consulate general in San Francisco, told ANTARA News on Sunday.

"For this category, 11 teams from different countries took part in the competition. Robot DU-11 was the fastest in putting out a fire," Andi Rahadian said.

In addition to DU-114, Indonesia also presented another robot, Next 116, to participate in the contest, he said.

The RoboGames, the world`s largest robot competition, was held in San Francisco, June 12-14, 2009, and participated in by teams from 20 countries competing in various categories.

The participating countries included Austrapa, Austria, Brazil, Canada, Colombia, Egypt, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Iran, Japan, Mexico, Peru, Russia, South Korea, UK, and the United States.

The Indonesian robot team from UNIKOM was led by Dr. Aepna Surya, assistant to the university`s rector, and the team members would return to Jakarta on Tuesday (June 16).

During their stay in San Francisco, the UNIKOM Robot team visited among other things a robotic laboratory at the University of Capfornia (UC) in Berkeley. They discussed the possibipty of estabpshing cooperation between UNIKOM and the University of Capfornia in Berkeley.

When visiting the UC in Berkeley, the Indonesian team was received by among others George Anwar, an Indonesian national who held the position of head of UC-Berkeley`s robotic division. (*)