Ing. Tomáš Báča, Ph.D. was awarded the prestigious JUNIOR STAR grant from GAČR

Ing. Tomáš Báča, Ph.D. was awarded the prestigious JUNIOR STAR grant from GAČR
The Czech Science Foundation (GAČR) awarded Ing. Tomáš Báča, Ph.D. the prestigious JUNIOR STAR grant. This program is designed for excellent early-career researchers within eight years of obtaining their Ph.D., who have already achieved significant success in the scientific community. Tomáš Báča impressed with his project TOMSNAV (Topological Multi-modal and Semantic Navigation for Aerial Vehicles), …read more

Long term project collaboration with Lockheed Martin

Long term project collaboration with Lockheed Martin
The Czech Technical University will collaborate with Lockheed Martin on the research and development of a highly maneuverable unmanned vehicle. Researchers from the Faculty of Electrical Engineering (FEL) at the Czech Technical University (CTU) and experts from the Czech Aerospace Research Centre will work together with the global security and aerospace company Lockheed Martin to …read more

Vít Krátký received the Dean´s Award for prestigious dissertation

Vít Krátký received the Dean´s Award for prestigious dissertation
The Dean’s Awards for prestigious dissertations were awarded on October 10th at the Scientific Council meeting. Researcher Vít Krátký from MRS group was awarded for his work Cooperative Sensing by a Group of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles in Environments with Obstacles under the supervision RNDr. Petr Štěpán, Ph.D. and doc. Ing. Martin Saska, Dr. Vít defended …read more

Martin Saska presented ROBOPROX at MxD during Czech Business Delegation Visit to the USA

Martin Saska presented ROBOPROX at MxD during Czech Business Delegation Visit to the USA
Martin Saska, representing the MRS group, recently introduced the ROBOPROX project at the prestigious MxD – The Digital Manufacturing and Cybersecurity Institute in Chicago, IL. As a leading institute dedicated to optimizing industrial processes using advanced robotics, MxD provided a perfect platform to highlight ROBOPROX’s relevance in modern manufacturing environments. His visit was part of …read more

The MRS Group won a competition of fully autonomous drones in Germany

The MRS Group won a competition of fully autonomous drones in Germany
The Multi-robot Systems Group (MRS) in a cooperation with Fly4Future, an official spin-out of CTU, has won the SPRIND Funke Fully Autonomous Flight competition. In the final, which took place from 16th to 20th September 2024 at the Erding Air Base in Germany, the Czech team beat 8 other teams from all over the world. …read more

Pavel Petráček defended his Ph.D. thesis

Pavel Petráček successfully defended his Ph.D. thesis Robust UAV Localization in Perception-Degraded Environments and was awarded the Ph.D. title in the Computer Science doctoral study program. Supervisor: doc. Ing. Martin Saska, Dr. rer. nat. Congratulations!

Viktor Walter defended his Ph.D. thesis

Viktor Walter successfully defended his Ph.D. thesis: Visual Relative Localization and Stabilization of Cooperating Unmanned Helicopters and was awarded the Ph.D. title in the Artificial Intelligence and Biocybernetics doctoral study program. Supervisor: doc. Ing. Martin Saska, Dr. rer. nat. Congratulations!

Vít Krátký successfully defended his Ph.D. Thesis

Vít Krátký successfully defended his Ph.D. thesis Cooperative Sensing by a Group of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles in Environments with Obstacles and was awarded the Ph.D. title in the doctoral study program Computer Science. Supervisor: RNDr. Petr Štěpán, Ph.D. Supervisor specialist: doc. Ing. Martin Saska, Dr. rer. nat. Congratulations!

Vojtěch Vonásek received the Dean’s Award for teaching

Vojtěch Vonásek received the Dean’s Award for teaching
Vojta Vonásek received the Dean’s Award for teaching in the winter semester 2023/24. Teachers are awarded for teaching results based on the recommendation of a Committee appointed by the Dean. The committee’s decision is based on the results of the students´ verbal survey, suggestions from the heads of departments, and other factors such as the …read more

Drone developers from MRS group at the finals of 3D Mapping Challenge/UAS 5.0 competition

Drone developers from MRS group at the finals of 3D Mapping Challenge/UAS 5.0 competition
The MRS group succeeded in the semi-finals and advanced to the finals of the 3D Mapping Challenge/UAS 5.0 competition, which will take place April 9-11 in Kansas. A total of 11 teams that have passed the previous two rounds will compete for prizes worth a total of $987,500. The 3D Mapping Challenge/UAS 5.0 is one …read more
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