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 support academic research on highly maneuverable unmanned vehicles capable of flying at low altitudes near obstacles without global navigation support. The respective organizations have signed a cooperation agreement and will collaborate on the project over the next five years. On behalf of the Czech Technical University in Prague the agreement was signed by the rector Vojtěch Petráček.
Prof. Tomáš Svoboda will lead the team which will also include Martin Saska from the Multi-robot Systems group, who is a world leader in the development of autonomous drones using onboard artificial intelligence. Associate Professor Karel Zimmermann will enrich the research with his expertise in the promising field of Physics-Based Learning.
The faculty and university websites provide more information about the project.
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