AMPER 2026 in photos: BUT showcased a dozen exhibits. Two of them won gold
Brno University of Technology has had another successful run at AMPER International Trade Fair for Electrical Engineering, Electronics and Energy. The university presented a total of twelve exhibits showcasing cutting-edge research, student creativity, and innovations from BUT startups and spin-offs. Two of the exhibits—the 3MI instrument for the MetOp-SG satellite and the autonomous rover Freya—were awarded the GOLDEN AMPER award by a panel of experts. In addition to the university’s own exhibition, experts from BUT also helped organize the accompanying program as part of the AMPER STAGE panel.
With the ZLATÝ AMPER award and the 3MI device model, researchers from the Department of Microelectronics at FEEC BUT, with team leader Lukáš Fujcik in the center. | Author: Jakub Rozboud
The expert panel praised the 3MI device for introducing a new class of digital services for the general public. | Author: Jakub Rozboud
The Brno Mars Rover university team, founded at the FEEC BUT, along with the award-winning autonomous rover Freya and its accompanying drone. | Author: Jakub Rozboud
A group photo of the ZLATÝ AMPER winners at the FEEC BUT campus. | Author: Jakub Rozboud
Rover Freya at AMPER Trade Fair and a glimpse into its sophisticated inner components. | Author: Václav Koníček
A model of the 3MI device and a demonstration of its electronics at the AMPER Trade Fair. | Author: Václav Koníček
The 3MI instrument is part of the MetOp-SG satellite, which is already in operation, and helps improve weather forecasts, monitor air quality, and track climate change. | Author: Václav Koníček
Another of BUT's space-related applications at the AMPER trade fair. It is a model of a satellite with ion propulsion. | Author: Václav Koníček
The satellite is able to use the residual atmosphere in very low Earth orbit to propel itself through space. | Author: Václav Koníček
The university team YSpace is also dedicated to the development of space technology. | Author: Václav Koníček
Members of YSpace designed and built the KOSTKA CubeSat, which they are currently preparing for launch into Earth orbit. | Author: Václav Koníček
The ICARUS ARMOR Next Gen project, led by Vratislav Šálený, the project’s scientific director, is also preparing for a space mission. | Author: Václav Koníček
The project is one of thirteen officially approved scientific experiments for the mission of Czech astronaut Aleš Svoboda. | Author: Václav Koníček
The goal of the experiment is to collect data for a personalized AI digital twin that will, in the future, predict astronauts’ cognitive performance. Visitors to the exhibit tried out a prototype version of the experiment. | Author: Václav Koníček
Jan Rafaj (center), president of the Confederation of Industry of the Czech Republic, visited the BUT exhibition stand. Here he is standing next to a holographic projector displaying CT data from the CEITEC BUT CTLAB X-ray computed tomography laboratory. | Author: Václav Koníček
The same laboratory also presented a CT Demonstrator at the trade show, featuring the support structure of the CubeSat it helped develop. | Author: Václav Koníček
The TU Brno Racing university team, which celebrated its 15th anniversary last year, was also present at the trade show. It unveiled its latest Dragon e5 racing car. | Author: Václav Koníček
Visitors were able to look inside the cockpit and examine the various components of the electric powertrain. | Author: Václav Koníček
BUT startup Wattee showcased its smart energy management system at its booth. | Author: Václav Koníček
Lukáš Jablončík, a graduate of BUT and founder of FT4U—the company behind the Wattee brand—introduced visitors to a smart system capable of optimizing energy flow management in residential, commercial, and industrial complexes in real time. | Author: Václav Koníček
Another SPICE university team presented itself at the BUT booth under the banner of the Czech Semiconductor Center. | Author: Václav Koníček
Among other things, SPICE presented the manufacturing process from silicon to the finished chip. | Author: Václav Koníček
The presentation also included an educational kit designed to introduce participants to semiconductor manufacturing technologies. | Author: Václav Koníček
Another project and startup, VUT ELEDU—backed by a team of developers from the FEEC BUT—is dedicated to supporting electrical engineering education at secondary schools and universities. | Author: Václav Koníček
The developers are designing modern educational kits designed to help students explore electrical engineering. | Author: Václav Koníček
Author: Václav Koníček
Faculty of Mechanical Engineering BUT presented an innovative magnetic sensor with ultra-high sensitivity at high temperatures. These so-called Hall sensors are essential in applications such as electronic compasses, current sensors, and motion detectors. | Author: Václav Koníček
One of the side events in which BUT participated was the presentation of the Open 5G Hub Brno project—on the far left is Jaroslav Koton, Dean of the FEEC BUT, and holding the microphone is Pavel Mašek from the same faculty. | Author: Václav Koníček
An overview of this year’s BUT exhibit at the AMPER Trade Fair. We look forward to seeing you again next year! | Author: Václav Koníček
