Transfer of knowledge and experience in the field of materials, modern manufacturing processes and preparation and processing of biological samples for the needs of the aerospace industry.
FRIDAY, 25. 4., AT 9:30 and 14:30
MATEJ BLAŽIC, BALMAR d.o.o.
The company BALMAR d.o.o. is a private company from Celje, which is engaged in the development, prototyping and production of metal parts for various space vehicles (for example, satellite housings, metal parts and wheels for rovers, flexible mechanisms for antennas and mirrors). To build the aforementioned products, the company uses modern manufacturing processes, such as 3D construction of metal materials. The company cooperates with the European Space Agency (ESA) and numerous reputable companies from the space industry (Thales Alenia, Beyond Gravity, Airbus Defence and Space and similar).
Matej Balažic is the director and co-owner of the company BALMAR d.o.o. As an expert in modern manufacturing processes and metal materials, he leads numerous development projects of the company BALMAR for the needs of the European space industry. In addition to his activities in the aerospace industry, Matej is also active in the aviation industry as a commercial pilot and an expert in managing compliance operations in various aviation organizations.
WHY CAN A DIGITALLY IMMURE COMPANY BE DIGITALIZED?
FRIDAY, 25. 4., AT 1 PM
ETRA D.O.O.
Why a digitally immature company can be just as digitalized - A short lecture will be dedicated to presenting maturity models, the concept of assessing digital maturity and the reasons why a company should or should not undertake this. For interested companies, a simple assessment of their digital maturity will be conducted after the event.
WORKSHOPS FOR CHILDREN
Friday, April 25
Provided by Delavski dom Trbovlje
14:30 – Programming with Codey Rocky robots, 90 min
Provided by Tehnopark Celje
13:00 – Programming robots, 60 min
16:00 – Workshop with NAO robot 90 min
Project presentation: RoboCup Junior Line Rescue
FRIDAY, 25. 4., FROM 10. 1AM TO 5PM
Lava High School - Robotics at Lava High School, demonstration will take place in Platform 2 (no registration required!)
Robotics has been one of the permanent extracurricular activities at Lava High School since 2011. It allows students to develop talents in areas that they would otherwise not be able to develop to such an extent in class. In addition to learning about new technologies and computational thinking, teamwork is in the foreground, as it involves working in teams that must work as coordinated as possible. The main emphasis is on preparations for the RoboCup Junior Rescue the Line robotics competition, which is a simulation of rescue from under the rubble after a natural disaster. The task of the competitors is to build and program a robot that must successfully make its way to the disaster area over various obstacles, find the victims there, and then transfer them to a safe area.
In recent years, our students have participated in world and European championships seven times, where they were able to exchange experiences with their peers from all over the world. The last international experience was last year, when Peter Potnik, Tian Vrtnik and Matija Herlah participated in the European Robocup Junior 2024 competition in Germany. They completed nine competitive runs. The boys were not afraid of challenges, they improved their runs every day and finally took 11th place among 30 teams, which we are very proud of.
DEMONSTRATION: FARMBEAST PROJECT
FRIDAY, 25. 4., from 10 am to 5 pm, the demonstration will take place in Platform 2 (no registration required!)
STUDENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MARIBOR
The Farmbeast project is an interdisciplinary student project that combines knowledge from the fields of agriculture, mechanical engineering, electrical engineering and computer science. Its main goal is to prepare students for the future by engaging in the development of advanced technologies and to stimulate their interest in the challenges of modern, digitally supported agriculture.
Working in a group, students practically upgrade the theoretical knowledge they acquire during their studies and supplement it with concrete experience and skills from various professional fields. They then use this interdisciplinary knowledge to develop or improve a small autonomous agricultural robot. They verify and upgrade their work every year by participating in the international field robot competition - Field Robot Event, where they test their solutions in practice and compare them with teams from all over the world.
The Farmbeast project has been running under the auspices of the Department of Biosystems Engineering at the Faculty of Agriculture and Biosystems Sciences of the University of Maribor since 2009. The project's topics are successfully intertwined with numerous development and research initiatives, such as the ŠI.UM, ŠI.UM (NOO), PKP and ŠIPK projects, thus providing students with additional opportunities to deepen their knowledge and gain practical experience.
Last year and this year, the project continued as part of interfaculty cooperation with the Faculty of Electrical Engineering, Computer Science and Informatics and the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, which further emphasizes the interdisciplinary nature of the work and enriches the development of the robotic system with expert knowledge from various technical fields.