Drones contrary to bats. How robots trained in the Bull Rock Cave

Drones contrary to bats. How robots trained in the Bull Rock Cave
From 21 to 25 June 2021, the cave complex Býčí skála in the Moravian Karst hosted the preparation of our robotics team for the final round of the DARPA Subterranean Challenge, which will take place from 21 to 24 September 2021 in the United States of America. The purpose of the competition, which is a …read more

Robots will train in the cave

Robots will train in the cave
Next week, a four-legged robot SPOT will step into the Bull Rock in the Moravian Karst for the first time, together with other robotic systems and drones from the team of roboticists from the Faculty of Electrical Engineering (FEL) of CTU. In the cave complex, which serves as one of the largest wintering grounds for …read more

CT 24 set out to walk the four-legged robot SPOT

  CT 24 set out to walk the four-legged robot SPOT
He overcomes obstacles in difficult terrain, climbs stairs, can wade through mud and water. The four-legged robot SPOT is now available to cyberneticists from the CTU. They plan to improve the American-made device and use it in the finals of a prestigious robotics competition. The Czech team was able to afford the robot thanks to …read more

SPOT on Czech TV

SPOT on Czech TV
In today’s Studio 6 on CT 1, representatives of the DARPA team Prof. Tomáš Svoboda and Ing. Tomáš Rouček. You can watch the report here, starts at 1:26:30

Capek would be surprised – A robot from CTU will take part in a competition for millions of dollars

Forbes magazine published comprehensively and with great interest about our SPOT robot and participation in the DARPA Subterranean Challenge with this headline. The whole journalist article you can read here Photo Petr Neugebauer, FEE CTU

The four-legged SPOT will fortify the DARPA team

The four-legged SPOT will fortify the DARPA team
Approximately twenty-member team of robotics CTU-CRAS-NORLAB (Czech Technical University – Center for Robotics and Autonomous Systems – Northern Robotics Laboratory) will set off in the fall to the underground complex MegaCavern in Kentucky, USA to defend third place in the finals of the prestigious DARPA Subterranean (SubT) Challenge, which will take place from 21 to …read more

Robot Spot in media

About the success of our robotics under the leadership of prof. Tomas Svoboda and plans with Spot robot informed the server E 15 , E 15 lI, Seznam Zprávy, feedit.cz, Lupa.cz, Tyden.cz, Parlamentnilisty.cz, czpravy.cz, Barrandov.tv, ČT24, casopisczechindustry.cz, svetchytre.cz, Právo – Trhy a ekonomika, Technickytydenik.cz, vtmzive.cz, nejbussiness.cz, czechcrunch.cz, strojirenstvi.cz

Tomas Svoboda took over the diploma of professorship from the rector doc. Petracek

Tomas Svoboda took over the diploma of professorship from the rector doc. Petracek
Prof. Ing. Tomáš Svoboda, Ph.D. took over the diploma of professorship from the rector doc. Vojtěch Petráček. Congratulations! The handover act is on the TV9P record: https://youtu.be/J7u9SHDxLkk?t=304.

Martin Pecka defended his PhD thesis

Martin Pecka successfully defended his Ph.D. thesis entitled  Safe Autonomous Reinforcement Learning Supervisor: prof. Ing. Tomáš Svoboda, Ph.D. Supervisor-specialist: doc. Ing. Karel Zimmermann, Ph.D. Congratulations!

(Česky) Česká televize i Český rozhlas informovaly o úspěchu našich robotiků a získání subvence v DARPA Grantu

(Česky) Česká televize i Český rozhlas informovaly o úspěchu našich robotiků a získání subvence v DARPA Grantu
Responsible person: Petra Rosická