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Cup, " in Vršac, Serbia. For the sixth
year in a row, on 25 March, at the
school center " Nikola Tesla, " Vršac,
with the support of the Faculty of
Electronic Engineering, a student
competition in the realization of
microcontroller and microcomputer
systems-Galaksija Cup 2023-
was held.
This competition was called " Arduino
Cup " when it was first organized,
in 2017; however, as other platforms
developed, the cup itself got a new
name. The idea for the name of the
competition came from the name of a
home computer called Galaxy, which
was made in Serbia in 1983. Its creator,
Voja Antonic´, spoke via video link at
the opening of the competition and
wished everyone success. The expert
jury included Prof. Danijel Dankovic´,
president of the EDS/SSCS Joint Serbia
and Montenegro Chapter, and
Miloš Marjanovic´, president of the
University of Niš EDS/SSCS Student
Branch Chapter. During the breaks,
various gatherings were organized,
among which the fencing school was
the most interesting. The event was
also attended by guests from Slovenia
and Romania, from the West University
of Timisoara and the University
of Res‚it‚a, which gave this event
an international character. Students
from technical schools from the Serbian
cities Novi Sad, Belgrade, Kragujevac,
Zrenjanin, Bacˇka Palanka,
Niš, Cacˇak, Leskovac, Pirot, Zajecˇar,
Vršac, Aleksinac, and Ruma participated
in the competition. Twenty-one
works were presented, and according
to the jury's evaluation, the awarded
projects were
■ First place: DELTA robot-parallel
manipulator, First Technical
School, Kragujevac
■ Second place: glove for translating
sign language into text format,
ETŠ " Mija Stanimirovi, " Niš
■ Third place: modular unmanned
ground vehicle robot Scorpion,
ETŠ " Nikola Tesla, " Niš.
As a sign of gratitude, the school
center " Nikola Tesla, " Vršac, awarded
the Faculty of Electronic Engineering,
Dankovic´, and Marjanovic´ for
their help in the realization of the
Figure 5 Galaksija Cup participants gather after the competition: (from left) Željka Radulovi,
school director; Marjanovic'; students who won third place; and Dankovic'.
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competition. Starting this school
year,
the Galaksija Cup has been
included in the calendar of competitions
for high-school students,
taking place under the sponsorship
of the Ministry of Education of the
Republic of Serbia.
As in every year, the projects were
of high quality and innovative, and,
what is very important, they had
excellent practical realizations. The
students demonstrated the application
of modules (Arduino, Raspberry,
and so on), sensors, motors, the use
of displays, 3D printing, and various
simulators. The students were dealing
with renewable energy sources,
the concept of smart houses, and
mini hydroelectric plants. But special
attention was drawn to projects
that dealt with the problems of
people with special needs. Teams
from several schools also conducted
research, visited schools and institutions
where the visually impaired
and mute are located, and went to
homes for the elderly and dealt with
residents' problems. Through the
projects they implemented, they had
the idea to design devices that would
Dankovic' and Marjanovic' attend the fencing school.

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