Czech scientists are working to improve robots – this was the title of a segment on the main Czech Television news program Události on December 11. The broadcast link is here, and the segment begins at 50:12. Matěj Hoffmann and Jakub Rozlivek discussed their experiment, which involves playing a board game with the humanoid robot …
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Congratulations to our two colleagues who were awarded with the Dean’s Award for Outstanding Teaching Performance in the Summer Semester of 2023/2024. Mgr. Jana Kostlivá, Ph.D., received the Dean’s Award for Outstanding Teaching Performance in the “lector” category, and RNDr. Marko Genyk-Berezovskyj was recognized for his long-term outstanding teaching contribution at FEL. Teachers are awarded …
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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), …
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The interdisciplinary project CEDMO 2.0 NPO, focused on combating disinformation, was officially launched with an inaugural meeting of partner institutions. On Wednesday, October 23, 2024, researchers and representatives of the participating institutions gathered at the Czech Technical University in Prague (CTU) to officially kick off the CEDMO 2.0 NPO project. The project aims to strengthen …
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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 …
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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 …
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Forbes magazine has compiled a selection of the TOP Women Scientists of Czechia. They chose interesting, inspiring, and active female scientists from various fields in an effort to showcase a wide range of top-level science (not only) in Czechia. Zuzana Kúkelová from our department made it into the selection. You can find Zuzana Kúkelová’s profile …
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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 …
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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. …
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Prof. Matas interview on Czech Radio Radiožurnál on September 12, 2024 is available here /only in Czech language/. The article also includes a link to listen to the interview. AI experts from the Department of Cybernetics will be involved in developing and using artificial intelligence tools to detect manipulative claims in public space and increase …
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