Many Czech online news outlets have covered the story of the new tactical robot Helhest, named after the mythical three-legged horse from Danish mythology. The robot can reach speeds of up to 20 km/h, carry loads of up to 100 kg, and overcome half-meter obstacles. Its development is the result of a collaboration between Assoc. …
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Dr. Giulia D’Angelo, a Marie Skłodowska-Curie Postdoctoral Fellow from the Humanoid group, has received the Le Tecnovisionarie® 2025 International Award. Giulia leads the ENDEAVOR project, which leverages neuromorphic computing and event-driven cameras to design energy-efficient, real-time active vision systems for robotic applications. Her research bridges neuroscience, artificial intelligence, and robotics, and is inspired by how the human …
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According to international scientific rankings, computer science and robotics at FEE CTU rank among the top in Europe. The three highest-ranked Czech computer scientists are all affiliated with CTU. The highest-ranked Czech computer scientist has long been Prof. Jiří Matas CSRankings is widely recognized as a reputable and transparent resource for assessing research performance in …
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CTU Scientists Are Developing a Tactical Robot – this was the title of a segment on the main Czech Television news program Události on April 28th. Researchers from the department of Cybernetics /VRAS group/ are developing a tactical robot named Helhest, inspired by a legendary three-legged horse from Danish mythology. This robot is designed to …
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The article is only available in Czech at https://magazin.hrot24.cz/clanek/technoguru-tata-humanoidnich-robotu-matej-hoffmann-cvut-HHwm6-67bdca63b7099c7b1e75ae9e
Congratulations to the team, which won 2nd place in the category “InterSystems challenge: Best use of GenAI or FHIR using InterSystems technology” at the prestigious European Healthcare Hackathon. The event was attended by sixty of the most talented ethical hackers and was held from Friday, 7 to Sunday, 9 March at the Institute of Clinical …
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Very interesting interview with prof. Jiří Matas on a popular Czech radio show Host Lucie Výborné. interview is in Czech only at https://radiozurnal.rozhlas.cz/nejvetsi-riziko-ai-ze-vytvori-pohodlny-svet-ze-ktereho-se-nam-nebude-chtit-9442850
The team from the Multirobot Systems (MRS) group at the Faculty of Electrical Engineering, CTU in Prague, and Fly4Future has made it to the final of the prestigious Autonomous Racing League (A2RL) in Abu Dhabi. This highly technological autonomous drone race, organized by ASPIRE and the Drone Champions League, is one of the largest events …
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An interesting interview with Prof. Matas on the Aktuálně.cz SPOTLIGHT program on February 27, 2025. In the half-hour interview, Prof. Matas discussed various topics related to AI and visual recognition, such as how to protect privacy from the negative impacts of artificial intelligence or how AI can be used in criminology and medicine. You can …
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Bill Psomas, a post doc at VRG, has been awarded the prestigious MSCA Postdoctoral Fellowship 2024 for his project RAVIOLI (Retrieval-Augmented VIsion-Language Models for Open-vocabulary LocalizatIon). Hosted at the Visual Recognition Group (VRG) under the supervision of associate Prof. Giorgos Tolias, RAVIOLI aims to advance open-vocabulary segmentation by integrating retrieval-based predictions with vision-language models. The project seeks to enhance segmentation accuracy …
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