The annual plenary meeting of the ROBOPROX project took place on 11–12 February 2026 at the University of West Bohemia in Pilsen. The event brought together around 60 researchers and representatives of partner institutions, who presented the latest project results and discussed future research directions in robotics and advanced industrial production.
The first day of the programme featured a pitching session, during which researchers introduced open research challenges and work in progress. The topics ranged from personalized production and e-commerce to human–robot collaboration, planning under uncertainty, data analysis and thermal image processing. Discussions continued during an informal joint dinner, which provided participants with an opportunity to exchange ideas and strengthen collaboration across institutions.
The second day was opened by ROBOPROX Principal Investigator Zdeněk Hanzálek together with Miloš Železný, Dean of the Faculty of Applied Sciences at the University of West Bohemia. This was followed by presentations from the project’s research areas (RA1–RA13), covering a wide range of topics including control of complex robotic structures, modular systems and materials, advanced robot autonomy, human–robot collaboration, industrial planning and scheduling, and formal methods in robotics.
An overview of the project’s scientific achievements was also presented during the meeting. So far, researchers involved in the ROBOPROX project have produced more than 123 publications in top scientific journals and 73 papers presented at leading international conferences. These results demonstrate the strong research output of the consortium in the fields of robotics, autonomous systems and modern manufacturing technologies.
The plenary meeting serves as an important platform for sharing progress across the project, coordinating research activities among participating institutions and discussing new research directions. More information about the research areas as well as video recordings of selected presentations are available on the ROBOPROX website and CIIRC CTU YouTube channel.
The ROBOPROX (Robotics and Advanced Industrial Production) project addresses the needs of Czech industry undergoing rapid technological change and striving to remain competitive in Europe and globally. It focuses on developing new algorithms and optimization methods for advanced industrial production, combining research in robotics, optimization, systems theory, and materials engineering. With a total budget of CZK 467.9 million, ROBOPROX is among 26 projects supported by the Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports and the European Commission under the Excellent Research Call of the Operational Programme Johannes Amos Comenius (OP JAK). The project has been implemented in collaboration with Brno University of Technology, the University of West Bohemia in Pilsen, and VSB – Technical University of Ostrava. At CTU, it connects most faculties under the coordination of CIIRC CTU and will run until mid-2028.
