Superfinal of the Merkur perfekt challenge

On 28 January 2025, the superfinal of the Merkur perfekt challenge took place at the Brno University of Technology, which was also attended by a three-member team from our school based on the victory in the previous national round.

Since the national round consists of nine categories, nine teams participated in the superfinals. In the superfinals, there is NO specific assignment or region from which it might come. It is only known that the mechanical part will be from Mercury and the electronics from Arduino.

The actual assignment took everyone involved by surprise, as it involved creating a plant care system based on soil moisture and temperature measurements, as opposed to the expected autonomous vehicle. A rotary and linear analogue output of these variables was a prerequisite, as well as an alarm if the limit values were exceeded. Plants in different watering conditions (completely dry to overwatered) were supplied as test objects.

"I am very positive that all teams built functional prototypes in five hours according to the required specifications," said our team's escort, Ing. Oldřich Smutný.

Deciding the order was not easy and in the end it came down to a vote of both faculty and teaching staff.

Our school took the fifth place. Thank you for the great representation of the school - Pavlík Lukáš (3.ER), Siegelbauer Jiří (3.ER), Šišpela Vojtěch (3.ER).

(Ing. Oldřich Smutný)

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