The Microcontrollers Fly (Mikrokontroléry letí) competition combines creativity with technical skills.

Microcontrollers Fly (Mikrokontroléry letí) is a competition designed for high school, secondary, and university students who are interested in electronics and programming. This year's edition attracted a total of 35 students with 19 projects. The finals took place on May 22nd at FEEC.

The Microcontrollers Fly competition provides students with a unique opportunity to showcase their technical skills through the design and construction of functional devices containing microcontrollers. Participants can compete as individuals or in teams of up to five members, with all participants required to be students.

The competition's goal is not only to test participants' technical knowledge, but also to develop their creativity, problem-solving abilities, and presentation skills. Students have approximately three months to implement their projects, during which they can use the equipped VUT laboratory by arrangement with the organizers.

Competition Results

A total of 19 projects participated, representing a wide spectrum of categories: 10 projects by high school individuals, 4 projects by high school teams, 4 projects by university individuals, and 1 project by a university team.

1st place: Marek Bartal

Project: Electric Locomotive Trainer
School: Stredná priemyselná škola elektrotechnická, Bratislava

Marek Bartal, 1st place in the Microcontrollers Fly 2025 competition. | Author: Jakub Rozboud

2nd place: Team SUMEC

Members: Savva Popov, Jonáš Jarý, Antonín Havlík, Lukáš Houdek, Šimon Šťastný
Project: MiniSumo robot
School: SPŠ na Proseku

Team SUMEC, SPŠ na Proseku, Prague, 2nd place in the Microcontrollers Fly 2025 competition. | Author: Jakub Rozboud

3rd place: Matúš Harnúšek

Project: Robotic arm
School: Stredná priemyselná škola elektrotechnická, Bratislava

Matúš Harnúšek, 3rd place in the Microcontrollers Fly 2025 competition. | Author: Jakub Rozboud

The Microcontrollers Fly competition represents a platform for developing students' technical skills. This year's edition showed that participants from the Czech Republic and Slovakia are able to create interesting and functional projects. The diversity of projects from simulators to robotic arms demonstrates the wide possibilities of microcontroller applications and can motivate other students to work with these technologies.

Great thanks go to the competition organizer Tomáš Hejtmánek from the Department of Theoretical and Experimental Electrical Engineering and the corporate partners of the event. We congratulate the winners and thank all participants for their dedication!

Pictures can be found here.