Testbed for Industry 4.0 and the National Center for Industry 4.0 organized an open day on 29th January, 2018 to help small and medium-sized enterprises to establish contacts in Industry 4.0 and to look into the activities of both entities operating within the Czech Institute of Informatics, Robotics and Cybernetics of the CTU (CIIRC). In the morning, the door...
The commemorative medal of the CIIRC was created for those who contributed extraordinarily to the Czech Institute of Informatics, Robotics and Cybernetics. A very limited amount of only ten pieces was created.
The CIIRC commemorative medal has been created by the same author as the highest Czech national honors - White Lion Order, Michal Vitanovský.
The first CIIRC medal was awarded to prof. Petr...
The Czech version of Forbes - the world magazine concentrating on business, money and success - ranked Honza Pichl in the selection of 30 talented Czechs under 30 who, according to this magazine, excel in their field and change the world around them.
Jan Pichl:
Graduate from the Faculty of Electrical Engineering of the Czech Technical University in Prague, currently a...
The fourth General Assembly of the SafeLog project (safe human-robot interaction in logistic applications for highly flexible warehouses) was held on 25 and 26 January in the CIIRC building. The event was organized by the IMR Group, lead by Dr. Libor Přeučil. The first day was reserved for internal workshop and discussions. On the second day, the project's status was...
Students from CTU, led by Jan Šedivý (CIIRC), participated in the final of The Alexa Prize. The goal was to develop the best chatbot working with the smart Amazon Echo device.
The announcement of the absolute winner was held on 28.11.2017 at the traditional technical conference of the Amazon named re:INVENT in Las Vegas. The Czech team brought home the second...
The article about CIIRC and Industry 4.0 was released in January in the Reseller Magazine.
Read full article here (Czech only):
Reseller Magazine - CIIRC
The young scientist, Filip Masri, has broken through and succeeded in bringing awareness of the Czech Republic to the global IT center of Silicon Valley. At the beginning of his journey, he was a member in the CTU eClub (founded by Jan Šedivý - Czech Institute of Informatics, Robotics and Cybernetics).
Filip Masri - graduate from the Czech Technical University...
To what extent are the current robots equipped with artificial intelligence truly intelligent? Will the level of human and artificial consciousness ever be balanced? Will self-driven cars be a matter of course or rather the privilege of the rich?
Full article and interview available at: Radiožurnál (Czech only)
To what extent are the current robots equipped with artificial intelligence truly intelligent? Will the level of human and artificial consciousness ever be balanced? Will self-driven cars be a matter of course or rather the privilege of the rich?
Moderated by Lucie Výborná.
The whole record here (Czech only).
The prestigious business magazine CEO has introduced an article on cooperation between Eaton and the Czech Institute of Informatics, Robotics and Cybernetics (CIIRC).
Exctract from the article:
How would you describe Eaton’s involvement in the automation space and how has the Czech Institute of Informatics, Robotics and Cybernetics (CIIRC) been a key collaborator in this work?
While we are a player in the...