This year, the faculty will also present demonstrations of its own or joint development of Hi-tech and Smart products in Brno from 4 October to 7 October 2022, but in addition, it will also give space to projects by student teams. There will also be interactive exhibits that will allow visitors to see inside a nuclear power plant or try virtual welding, for example.
For example, you will see the result of the cooperation between the Institute of Materials Engineering of the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering of the Czech Technical University in Prague and the company GrapheneUP, which is TRIO - an intelligent textile based on graphene, will be presented T-shirts made with this technology.
Another example of cooperation is BOXIE - smart delivery box, which was developed by the Institute of Production Machines of the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering of the Czech Technical University in Prague and the equipment and company HESTEGO.
Both of these exhibits are entered in the competition for the MSV Gold Medal!
We will also offer you coffee, or you can prepare your own coffee in cooperation with the robot. The demo workstation, prepared by students of the Institute of Machining Technology, Design and Metrology at the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering of the Czech Technical University in Prague, for the preparation of coffee in human-robot collaboration, is equipped with the world's first collaborative robot ABB Yumi, the necessary robot tools, 3D printed fixtures that meet the safety requirements of collaborative robotics, and Nespresso coffee machines.
The TENSEGRITY exhibit will give you an indication of the future direction of robot development. The basic research project "Mechatronic Tensegrity for Energy Efficient Lightweight Robots", conducted at the Institute of Mechanics Biomechanics and Mechatronics of the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, investigates various variants of tensegrity mechanisms suitable for future very lightweight industrial robots.
The exposition of the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering of the CTU in Prague will also include interactive exhibits. Every visitor will be able to try virtual welding on the Soldmatic simulator for electric arc welding with Augmented Reality (AR), which automatically evaluates the quality of the weld. This part of the exhibition was prepared by the Department of Mechanical Engineering Technology, which actively uses it for teaching students.
There will also be a COMPETITION in the simulation of manual arc welding with coated electrode (method 111) for interesting prizes!
Visitors to the exhibition will also be able to immerse themselves in a virtual model of the CENELÍN nuclear power plant using VR glasses. This is a long-term project of the Department of Energy of the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering of the CTU in Prague, whose primary goal is to create a database of detailed digital 3D models of nuclear power plants by students and academic staff of nuclear disciplines from Czech universities and secondary schools in cooperation with experts from the nuclear industry.
And now to introduce the student teams that you can meet in the exhibition:
CTU CarTech
Since 2007, the Formula Student team at the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering has been building an improved competition car every year according to international rules. They use the latest technologies in the construction. Individual subgroups of the 30-member team are dedicated to the design of aerodynamics, chassis, suspension, electronics and powertrain, so each student gets to test their knowledge and technical skills in practice. At international competitions, the car is evaluated by a strict committee. The CTU CarTech formula car regularly takes top places. In recent years it has even had 2 overall victories.
Chicken Wings CTU
This student team is based at the Institute of Aircraft Engineering, Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, CTU in Prague. It is engaged in the creation of competitive drones and represents the university excellently at global SAE competitions. This year it won a beautiful 6th place in a tough international competition in Los Angeles!
CTU Space Research
The student rocket team develops, builds and tests powerful rockets and other space technologies. Enthusiastic students are involved in the development of propulsion, construction, avionics and design of the rocket and want to represent CTU at domestic and international competitions.
The competitions consist of rocket design, manufacture, assembly and launch with a relatively powerful model engine. The rocket must launch in a controlled manner, so students must also construct the launch pad. The highest availability and best design solution wins.
At the beginning of June, the team participated in the Czech Rocket Challenge, the largest student-oriented rocket development competition in the Czech Republic. In a competition of more than seventy university teams, it came in third place! They are also preparing for competitions abroad.