Reports
The Alquist Coder team, composed of students from the Czech Institute of Informatics, Robotics and Cybernetics (CIIRC) and the Faculty of Electrical Engineering (FEE) at the Czech Technical University (CTU) in Prague, secured an impressive second place in the international Amazon Nova AI Challenge. Competing against more than ninety elite university teams from around the world, they stood out as one of the best so-called defending teams in developing trusted AI tools for assisted programming.
Hundreds of students from around the world will learn to program drones for robotic tasks at the IEEE RAS Summer School on Multi-Robot Systems, which begins on July 30 at the Faculty of Electrical Engineering of CTU (FEE). The seven-day programme offers interesting lectures, seminars, and practical exercises. This year, the summer school will also conclude with the traditional drone competition on Císařský ostrov in Prague. The organizing team has prepared one novelty.
Prof. Radek Holý, Vice-Rector of Czech Technical University in Prague (CTU), and Prof. Jiří Jakovenko, Vice Dean of the Faculty of Electrical Engineering, visited National Cheng Kung University (NCKU) on July 17 to discuss cooperation on semiconductors and bilateral talent cultivation.
Fast, durable, and designed for demanding conditions. The new Helhest tactical robot, developed by scientists from Faculty of Electrical Engineering at Czech Technical University in Prague, is proving its potential not only in the laboratory, but also in demanding tests in the Austrian Alps. The technology capable of autonomous movement in difficult terrain has given rise to the first CTU spin-off in the field of robotics, and in record time: it took just one month from the first consultations to the establishment of the company at the notary's office.
Last week saw the ninth edition of the popular suburban camp organized by Czech Technical University in Prague for pupils in grades 1–8 of elementary schools. Once again, more than 300 children took part in the CTU Children's University. The rich program, which includes educational activities at CTU faculties and regular sports activities, begins with the matriculation of camp participants and culminates in a graduation ceremony at the Bethlehem Chapel.
After last year's triumph, they have once again broken through to the absolute top of the world and are reaching for victory again. Students from the Faculty of Electrical Engineering of CTU won second place in the prestigious international ACC Self-Driving Car Student Competition 2025, which took place on 9 July in Denver, USA. According to the assignment, the student teams had to design and implement an autonomous taxi service that will plan routes in real time, serve customers, while respecting traffic rules and obstacles on the route.
The autonomous electroformula CTU.24, developed by the eForce Prague Formula team from CTU, will be presented at the EXPO 2025 world exhibition in Osaka. Visitors will have the opportunity to see the most successful eForce monoplane to date, on display between 7 and 13 July 2025 at the Czech National Pavilion. The eForce team primarily consists of students from the Faculty of Electrical Engineering (FEE) and the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering (FME) at the Czech Technical University in Prague (CTU).
The aim of the Robotics Underground 2025 event, which took place in mid-June, was to familiarize leaders in the Czech construction industry with the role of modern technologies in the development of construction, their potential applications in the specific environment of underground spaces, and to motivate them to make greater use of automation, robotics, and smart infrastructure in practice. The event was organized by Faculty of Civil Engineering of Czech Technical University in Prague together with the National Center for Construction 4.0 under the auspices of the Ministry of Industry and Trade of the Czech Republic.
The AlquistCoder team, composed of researchers and students from the Czech Institute of Informatics, Robotics and Cybernetics (CIIRC) and the Artificial Intelligence Center of the Faculty of Electrical Engineering at CTU (AIC FEE), secured first place in the latest round of the Amazon Nova AI Challenge: Trusted AI Track. This achievement grants them direct advancement to the finals of this prestigious international competition. The winners will be announced at the end of July 2025.
After last year's commanding victory, a student team from CTU's Faculty of Electrical Engineering has once again fought its way to the top of the 2025 American Control Conference Self-Driving Car Student Competition. This year's final will take place on July 9 in Denver, USA, and the task is more complex than ever before – teams must design and implement an autonomous taxi service that plans routes in real time, serves customers, and respects traffic rules and obstacles on the road.