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...
National Center for Industry 4.0 and Testbed for Industry 4.0 will open its doors for public on 29 January 2018.
The event is primarily intended for representatives of small and medium-sized enterprises. For limited capacity reasons you will not be able to enter without a confirmed registration.
Invitation and programme in PDF (in Czech language only)
Read the first edition of Bulletin of Industry 4.0 issued by National Center for Industry 4.0.
Bulletin of Industry 4.0 (in Czech language only)
Dr. Josef Šivic, CIIRC leading researcher, principal investigator of the Intelligent Machine Perception project (IMPACT), won two prestigeous prizes for his long-term contributions to computer vision research in 2017.
The Longuet-Higgins Prize for the paper James Philbin, Ondrej Chum, Michael Isard, Josef Sivic, Andrew Zisserman: Object Retrieval with Large Vocabularies and Fast Spatial Matching, published at the conference Computer Vision...
Roman Holý (head of National Center for Industry 4.0) participated at 3rd RRI (Robot Revolutionary Initiative) International Symposium in Tokyo. Main topics of symposium were future of the manufacturing industry, international standardization, and industrial security.
The whole video from symposium available at:
RRI International Symposium
In total 14 celebrities have become new laureates of the Order of the Laurel in which entrepreneurs express appreciation and respect for important personalities for their work. Professor Vladimír Mařík (director of CIIRC CTU) was appreciated for life-long work in the field of science.
The Order of the Laurel awarded by the Chamber of Commerce takes into account a lifelong...
In November, at the gala evening at the National Gallery in Prague, the winner of national architectural prize was announced (Grand Prix of Architects 2017).
The award-winning building in the new building category became the Czech Institute of Informatics, Robotics and Cybernetics by Petr Franta. The building was created by the revitalization of the original university canteen. In addition, new...
The third conference of the Engineering Forum 2017 cycle entitled DIGITALIZATION - the way to increase efficiency of production processes was held on 15 November, 2017 at the Czech Institute of Informatics, Robotics and Cybernetics (CIIRC) CTU in Prague. The event took place in synergy with the ARaP 2017 Conference. The main focus of the conference was the current...
The SAP Leonardo Day 2017 conference took place at the end of November in the CTU-CIIRC building. It was organized by SAP and the recently established National Center for Industry 4.0. The aim of the conference was to present the emerging ecosystem of Industry 4.0 on the Czech market and to show real examples of Czech companies which have already...