Sombor students win Tesla Fest first prize for low-cost robotic hand

A team from Sombor’s Secondary Technical School — Aleksej Gudelj, Veljko Iđuški and Miloš Mećava — won first prize in Tesla Fest’s youth creativity category for their project linking the movement of a human hand to a robotic hand, Sombor.info reported on November 11.

The details

The students built a hand-following robotic mechanism using accessible materials and school electronics rather than costly specialist sensors. Mentor Marijana Bogdanović explained that two cameras capture different views of a hand; image analysis and a mathematical model translate finger movements into commands for the motors.

What it means

According to the local report, the project also received a special distinction from the World Intellectual Property Organization in the youth category. The students see potential applications in handling dangerous chemicals or machinery. Such future uses remain possibilities, not evidence that the prototype is already certified for industrial deployment.

Source: www.sombor.info, 10–11 November 2026.