Klaus

Klaus is the cocky, sausage-loving robotics expert from Poland. He is, of course, a genius, who joined the CMI at the age of 12. He is known for being arrogant and loves attention.

Personality and Appearance
Klaus has curly blond hair and pale skin

Klaus is extremely cocky and skilled in robotics. He is an expert in robotics, which of course, combines many fields of study: electrical engineering, mechanical engineering, and computer science. He reprogrammed Lenard, a robot goon for the Corp, and turned him into Leo, the over-informative robot who is keeping an eye out for the Corp. Klaus, in the first book, states that the other companions were fake smarts compared to him. In the beginning, Klaus is shown to enjoy being in the center of attention and often clashes with the other member of the team. You would say that he is a braggart and often boasts about his and the team's accomplishments. As the series progresses, Klaus becomes more humble and willing to accept his own faults. He matures along the series. He loves sausages and he is very critical about food. He said that a robot could make better food than the food at the CMI.

Early Life
His full name is Klaus Kowalczyk. He grew up in Poland, loving sausages forever.

Meeting the CMI
It is unknown how Klaus met the CMI.

Life In the The CMI
Klaus took a few tests to determine the project leader, only to lose to Max Einstein, a girl who is the smartest in the world. Klaus said that he received high scores on the tests.

The Genius Experiment
Klaus was initially seen as the cocky, robotics expert who thought very highly of himself. He wanted to take over Max's role as the project leader. He has been proven a valuable yet idiotic member of the CMI. He didn't recognize Yahav for what he was, leading Vihaan and himself in danger. He also received a phone, not knowing that the Corp was tracking him. However, Klaus has been a very comical character and brought a lot of delight and arguments to the CMI. He and Siobhan fight a lot, due to Klaus's idiocy and Siobhan's fiery temper. They have a brother and sister relationship because they argue often but make up in the end.

Rebels with a Cause
Klaus becomes a team player and reprogrammed Lenard into Leo. He also creates the Scrubitron One, a robot that helped clean the wells in Ireland. Klaus describes it as having an array of spinning scrub brushes all equipped with small spray jests to disperse the antiseptic chlorine cleanser, which will be automatically pumped from a three-gallon tubular container in the robot's midsection. The suction cup treads along the sides will roll in a continuous loop to maneuver the machine inside the walls of the well. And, up top, it has a ring of night-vision cameras providing a three-hundred-sixty degree view that will tell the two dozen miniature caulking arms where to apply their sealant. Tisa describes it as an upside-down squid. Siobhan, however, responded by throwing her arms around his neck and kissing him on the cheek. Then Klaus reverts back to his blustery self.

When the team went to India, Klaus made sketched a Portable Dissolved Air Flotation Device. This was a huge part to their mission in India. It was then made and set up near the Narmadavari River.

Saves the Future
Klaus assigns Leo to be Max's roommate, which she doesn't consent to. Leo was too friendly and gave too much information (TMI). Klaus takes a lot of pride in Leo and programmed him to say that the CMI was his forever home. But Leo never stopped talking. Klaus is seen most of the time with Leo, and scolding Max and Siobhan as they didn't see him the way he did: a member of the CMI.

Relationships

 * Siobhan - Siobhan is the main conflict to Klaus, scolding him about his mistakes and careless attitude. She does, however, be kinder to him when he invented the Scrubitron One (right).
 * Max - Max is the project leader who is almost like a rival to Klaus. He had always wanted to be the project leader, and she had "stolen" that from him. She is generally kind to him, but she doesn't like the fighting between him and Siobhan. She thinks that his robots, especially Leo, are creepy and too realistic.
 * Keeto - Keeto is the equally cocky American on their team. He is very much like Klaus, arrogant, has an interest in computer science.
 * Hana - Klaus regards Hana as a traitor.

Trivia

 * Klaus is sometimes known as Claude, in some websites. However, no one has confirmed this.
 * Klaus has 2 robots so far, Leo and the Scrubitron One, both invented in the second book, Rebels with a Cause.
 * As well as himself, Klaus thinks very highly of his creations. He was really angry at Siobhan and Max for stuffing Leo in the trunk.
 * Klaus, a humorous person, put Leo's "off" button on his butt. He said that people just have to kick him in the butt to turn him off.

Quotes

 * "A robot could make better kielbasa than this!" -- welcoming feast
 * "Yeah, he knows that I'm going to win it!" -- to Max
 * "To eat delicious if somewhat imperfect food." -- to Ms. Kaplan
 * "Whoa, is this a vocabulary quiz? Because I know what munificent means, too. The same thing as charitable, magnanimous, and unstinting." -- to Hana
 * "Just make sure it involves robots." -to Max

Klaus
Klaus is both a given name and a surname of German origin and sometimes Scandinavian and Dutch origins. It is a short form of Nikolaus, a German form of the Greek name Nicholas. Klaus means victory of the people. However, the character Klaus is from Poland, but his name is German. Klaus's name is not found in the US very often, so we cannot give a popularity chart.

Kowalczyk
Klaus's last name, Kowalczyk, is the fifth most common surname in Poland. The name comes from the word "blacksmith", which, ironically, is a job that Klaus would never consent to. Klaus may also be related to the Kowalczyk brothers, scientists who planted a bomb as a protest against communist rule in Poland.

Appearances

 * Max Einstein: The Genius Experiment
 * Max Einstein: Rebels with a Cause
 * Max Einstein: Saves the Future