Reports
An idea that could fundamentally transform how emergency services operate during crises took first place in the finals of the fifth annual Technology Olympiad. At the Faculty of Electrical Engineering of the Czech Technical University in Prague, the winning project was the Smart Triage Band—a smart IoT wristband that can monitor a patient’s vital signs in a matter of seconds and helps medical personnel decide who to treat first before it’s too late. The winning teams were offered admission to the Faculty of Electrical Engineering without having to take entrance exams.
What should we do with waste that remains hazardous for millions of years? And how does such a repository actually work? Markéta Dohnálková from the Radioactive Waste Repository Authority (SÚRAO) answers these questions in the latest episode of the podcast *V jádru dobrý*. You’ll learn why deep geological repositories are currently considered the safest solution for managing highly radioactive waste—and why other ideas, such as “sending it into space,” don’t hold up.
The Czech Republic is entering the next phase of building its quantum communication infrastructure. It now boasts a complete quantum backbone network connecting Prague, Brno, and Ostrava, through which shared information should flow securely, taking into account the potential risks associated with the advent of quantum computers. The Czech side presented the results of the pilot operation on April 14, 2026, at the ceremonial launch of the Czech Quantum Communication Infrastructure (CZQCI). The event was attended by representatives of the European Union, foreign consortia, government agencies, research institutions, and industry.
CTU Rector Prof. Michal Pěchouček joined the ceremonial launch of the Czech Quantum Communication Infrastructure (CZQCI) in Brno live from CTU’s headquarters in Prague, using the newly operational quantum communication network. In doing so, he provided a practical demonstration of the infrastructure’s functionality, which CTU has helped build as one of the project’s key partners.
Scientists from the Multirobot Systems Group at FEL CTU (MRS) are working on the development of state-of-the-art, highly secure flying robots for critical infrastructure protection, as well as drones capable of flying agilely and dynamically in swarms without GPS or remote human control. The MRS group demonstrated flight demonstrations as part of both ongoing projects, which have already yielded remarkable partial successes, on Monday, April 13, in Temešvár, South Bohemia.
In the event of sudden cardiac arrest, immediate assistance is a matter of life and death. Yet only a fraction of Czechs know how to properly use an automated external defibrillator (AED) or where to find one. The “For the Love of the Heart” initiative, which was officially launched on April 8, 2026, offers a solution: it educates the public and expands the network of defibrillators to places where they can save the most lives.
CTU welcomed Ph.D. candidate Sonia Martin from Stanford University, whose May lecture at the Faculty of Electrical Engineering (FEE) focused on one of the central questions of sustainable mobility: how electric vehicles can be better integrated with the electricity grid. During her research stay, she also visited Škoda Auto, where questions of electromobility are playing out in practice. In this interview, she discusses vehicle-to-grid technology, the future of EV research, and why collaboration across disciplines, institutions, and industry matters.
On April 8, 2026, the Masaryk Institute of Advanced Studies at the Czech Technical University in Prague (CTU) hosted the fifth annual Automotive Day on the CTU campus in Prague’s Dejvice district, which saw the highest attendance in its history. The exhibition offered an overview of current mobility trends—from design and electromobility to autonomous technologies. The event was held under the auspices of Jakub Stárek, Mayor of Prague 6, and Prof. Michal Pěchouček, Rector of CTU.
The National Center for Transport 4.0 is being established at the Czech Institute of Informatics, Robotics, and Cybernetics at the Czech Technical University in Prague. It connects academia, industry, public administration, and local government, and supports the development of the digital economy in transportation and mobility. At the same time, it aims to accelerate the transfer of research into practice and contribute to the transformation of transportation toward data-driven, sustainable, and resilient mobility. Part of the center’s long-term vision is the creation of a national digital twin of transportation, which will enable comprehensive modeling of transportation and mobility in the Czech Republic and its integration with other sectors, such as energy, the environment, and urban planning.
What do wooden columns look like when exposed to a fire at 850 °C? How quickly does a fire engulf a baby stroller in a fire experiment? And what impact might this have on the evacuation of people from an apartment building? These and more than 200 other photographs from fire experiments, accompanied by popular science texts in both Czech and English, can be found in the book “The Power of Fire – Science Captured in Photography.” The project was developed in collaboration with specialists from the Department of Steel and Timber Structures at the Faculty of Civil Engineering, CTU, where the main initiator, Ing. Jakub Šejna, Ph.D., the CTU University Center for Energy-Efficient Buildings (UCEEB), where a significant portion of the experimental research took place, and photographer Jiří Ryszawy from the CTU Computing and Information Center. The book is available in PDF format free of charge to interested parties.
The EU RoboRoyale and SensorBees projects, which aim to use Bio-Hybrid Technology for Ecosystem Resilience, have been awarded the prestigious Sustainability Leadership Recognition in Robotics at the European Robotics Forum 2026, recognizing its pioneering contribution to sustainable innovation at the intersection of robotics and ecological systems. The award was accepted by Tomáš Krajník from the Faculty of Electrical Engineering at the Czech Technical University in Prague.