Leader: Prof. Pavel Václavek

Group website: https://www.uamt.feec.vutbr.cz/odborne-skupiny/robotika-umela-inteligence

Our experts investigate the theory and application of automatic control, including relevant algorithms and their implementation in PLCs and embedded systems. More concretely, we focus on control applications within advanced drive systems (multiphase motors) and the automotive industry (electromobiles and automated vehicles).

Major 4-year outputs:

• A control algorithm for a nine-phase PMSM drive to be integrated in fully electric automobiles; the product was exhibited at Hannover Messe 2014.

Leader: Assoc. Prof. Petr Beneš

Group website: https://www.uamt.feec.vutbr.cz/odborne-skupiny/merici-technika

The group’s researchers explore the design and development of measuring systems; electrical and electronic measurement; sensors of non-electrical quantities; and methods for the measurement and evaluation of physical quantities, comprising or relating to, above all, techniques and effects such as vibro- and thermodiagnostics, acoustic emission, flow, and noise.

Major 4-year outputs:

• Accredited laboratory No. 1657 to facilitate vibration and climatic testing of electrical, electronic, and mechanical products within academic and commercial activities, including broad contract-based research conducted especially for automotive customers.
• Accredited calibration laboratory No. 2395 to calibrate vibration sensors, generators, and vibrometers.
• The design and development of an automated system for the measurement of parameters in Reggiana Riduttori precise gearboxes, jointly with the company Moog Brno s.r.o.
• The design and development of a system to measure the geometric parameters of springs for the company HŽP a.s.

Leader: Assoc. Prof. Petr Fiedler

Group website: http://www.uamt.feec.vutbr.cz/odborne-skupiny/prumyslova-automatizace

The group conducts research and development within industrial control, embedded systems, and communication, examining the individual sectors in view of real-time data collection, management, transfer, and storage. The set of main tasks and goals, however, includes also practical instruction in and application of Industry 4.0 technologies, those associated with programmable controllers (PLCs) and their integration in particular.

Major 4-year outputs:

• A system to allow remote monitoring of respiratory masks, completed in collaboration with the Speltronic company.
• Virtual laboratories and a physical testbed to teach Industry 4.0 approaches and technologies, designed with support from Siemens.

Leader: Prof. Luděk Žalud

Group website: https://www.uamt.feec.vutbr.cz/odborne-skupiny/robotika-umela-inteligence

The research is primarily within mobile reconnaissance robotics and involves practical tasks directly linked to the following fields and assignments: telepresence-based remote missions; precise self-localization and navigation in an indoor or outdoor environment; cooperation between mobile robots forming a heterogeneous set; autonomous ionizing radiation measurement; highly robust mobile robot design; and communication between grouped robots. Another area of interest for the robotics and AI experts lies in industrial manipulators and such related subdomains of Industry 4.0 as safe communication, personal detection, and intra-factory logistics.

Major 4-year outputs:

• The ATEROS (Autonomous telepresence robotic system), a heterogeneous formation of mobile robots operating in a combined, autonomy-and-telepresence mode. The system has been developed as a complete unit embodying the design, development, and fabrication of each individual robot; a communication system; autonomous algorithms; sensor subsystems; and programs.

Leader: Karel Horák, Ph.D.

Group website: http://www.uamt.feec.vutbr.cz/odborne-skupiny/pocitacove-videni

The focus is on research into techniques of machine perception, computer vision, object recognition, artificial intelligence, and their implementation in industrial diagnostics; in the same context, attention is given also to medicine, biology, and traffic systems.

Major 4-year outputs:

• ADAS systems developed in support of autonomous vehicle control to detect or evaluate road marking, driveways, lanes, pedestrians, and driver fatigue.
• A system utilizing machine learning to perform optical recognition of license plate signs and Captcha codes.
• An adaptive recurrent estimator for indoor SLAM tasks, exploiting multidimensional data fusion.
• High-precision visual profile measurement in axial bearings via active triangulation.
• An imager control unit to be applied in miniature OLEDs.

Leader: Assoc. Prof. Jaromír Hubálek

Group website: http://www.umel.feec.vutbr.cz/labsensnano/

The laboratory experts examine the applicability of nanotechnologies in both general sensorics and the development of sensors of various quantities. The corresponding work involves the designing of not only microsensors to detect gases via nanoparticles but also nanostructured and functionalized electrodes to be employed in electrochemical sensors and biosensors. Other investigated subjects prominently include advanced techniques for the diagnostics and subsequent analysis of substances that find use in medicine.

Major 4-year outputs:

• A technique to allow the processing of a signal from a bolometer (bolometer array) and an electronic system to perform the task: the relevant patent has been put into practice abroad.
• A miniature bolometer membrane with increased absorption and a procedure to form a bolometer absorption layer: the relevant patent has been put into practice abroad.
• A 100-pixel MEMS with bolometers.

Leader: Vladimír Holcman, Ph.D.

The group develops unique instruments and systems which, based on novel sensors and algorithms, facilitate shifting the limits of regular commercial products towards the satisfaction of more narrowly specified customer requirements.

Major 4-year outputs:

• A communication system for forklift trucks and a central warehouse safety system.
• Metal component localizer (up to 1.5 mm) for conveyor belts.
• A setup to detect and predict defective coils in automotive applications.
• A system to control the hardening of carbon parts and to localize defects in such products.

Group website: https://www.utko.fekt.vut.cz/en/artificial-intelligence-data-processing-and-analysis

We are researching advanced artificial intelligence methods for big data analysis and acceleration of computations on our high-performance supercomputers. Our technologies are able to offer solutions to a range of problems from advanced visual quality control of products, through security and guarding of premises, predictive maintenance of various types of equipment, including power grids, and prediction of future behavior, including automation of complex processes control.

Main research activities

• Machine learning (research of new algorithms for machine learning and artificial intelligence)
• Big data (parallel and distributed algorithms for processing of large volumes of data)
• Computer vision (image content analysis, object detection and classification, object tracing, segmentation)
• Biomedicine (applications for e-health and telemedicine)
• Biometrics and anonymization (identification and verification of persons based on face recognition, advanced anonymization of faces, extraction of secondary biometric and non-biometric features - age, gender, etc.)
• 3D audio

Main research results

• BREGER, A.; ORLANDO, J.; HARÁR, P.; DÖRFLER, M.; KLIMSCHA, S.; GRECHENIG, C.; GERENDAS, B.; SCHMIDT-ERFURTH, U.; EHLER, M. On Orthogonal Projections for Dimension Reduction and Applications in Augmented Target Loss Functions for Learning Problems. Journal of Mathematical Imaging and Vision, 2020, vol. 62, no. 3, p. 376-394. ISSN: 1573-7683. (https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10851-019-00902-2)
• KHAN, J.; KAUSHIK, M.; CHAURASIA, A.; DUTTA, M.; BURGET, R. Cardi-Net: A Deep Neural Network for classification of Cardiac disease using Phonocardiogram Signal. COMPUTER METHODS AND PROGRAMS IN BIOMEDICINE, 2020, vol. 219, no. 1, p. 1-11. ISSN: 0169-2607. (https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1016/j.cmpb.2022.106727)
• Baghela, N;Dutta, M. K.;Burget, R. Automatic diagnosis of multiple cardiac diseases from PCG signals using convolutional neural network. COMPUTER METHODS AND PROGRAMS IN BIOMEDICINE, 2020, vol. 197, no. 12, p. 1-11. ISSN: 0169-2607. (https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0169260720315832)
• GÓRRIZ, J.M.; MEKYSKA, J.; et al. Computational approaches to Explainable Artificial Intelligence: Advances in theory, applications and trends. Information Fusion, 2023, vol. 100, no. December 2023, p. 1-37. ISSN: 1872-6305. (https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1566253523002610)
• JONÁK, M.; MUCHA, J.; JEŽEK, Š.; KOVÁČ, D.; CZÍRIA, K. SPAGRI-AI: Smart precision agriculture dataset of aerial images at different heights for crop and weed detection using super-resolution. AGRICULTURAL SYSTEMS, 2024, vol. 216, no. April 2024, p. 1-11. ISSN: 0308-521X. (https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0308521X2400026X)
• JEŽEK, Š.; BURGET, R.; JONÁK, M.; KOLAŘÍK, M.; HAVLÍČEK, L.; SKOTÁK, M.: Defect Detection System; Painted metal parts defectoscopy. (used in Konica Minolta systems - https://www.vut.cz/en/rad/results/detail/187567#vysledek-187567)
• MYŠKA, V.; BURGET, R.: ČEPS ARTIC; ČEPS ARTIC, ČEPS ARTIC, software for energy grid monitoring URL: https://cz.energyhub.eu/en.

Group website: https://www.utko.fekt.vut.cz/en/energy-and-smart-grids

The research groups focuses on communication and transmission technologies for energy. It designs communication solutions, develops communication modules and units, performs reliability/vulnerability analyzes and implements stress and functional tests. It also researches and develops solutions for analysis, prediction and evaluation of transmitted data and other parameters in advanced analytics, sensors and measurements. Last but not least, it influences a number of trends by participation in the latest technological concepts and cooperation with leading transmission and distribution system operators, by contributions to regulatory frameworks and the national action plan itself - NAP SG.

Main research activities

• Intelligent measurement (communication infrastructure design, testing and integration of transmission technologies - wired and wireless, demand response systems, smart home concept, customer involvement and regulatory framework, data processing and prediction)
• Smart networks, infrastructure and island operations (methodologies for testing new transmission and communication technologies, issues of smart substations and distribution transformer stations, data transmission technologies over power lines - PLC, integration and issues of urban operations, black-out issues, reliability and availability of control and monitoring SCADA systems)
• E-Mobility (communication solutions to increase reliability, interoperability issues, secure infrastructure, verification of the suitability of transmission technologies and their integration)
• Intelligent buildings (analysis and implementation of communication technologies and protocols for building automation, design, verification, and integration of aggregation mechanisms for data collection within autonomous buildings, surveillance and visualization platform for property control)
• Prototyping, simulation, modeling and testing (experimental development and construction of terminal communication and transmission elements for reliable and secure infrastructures, verification of the design of communication equipments, pre-certification testing)

Main research results

• ROASCIO, G.; COSTA, G.; BACCELLI, E.; MALINA, L.; MATULEVICIUS, R.; MOMEU, M.; MORKEVICIUS, N.; RUSSO, E.; STOJANOVIC´, B.; TASIDOU, A. HArMoNICS: High-Assurance Microgrid Network Infrastructure Case Study. IEEE Access, 2022, vol. 10, no. 1, p. 115372-115383. ISSN: 2169-3536. (https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/9933432)
• VOHNOUT, R.; BUKOVSKÝ, I.; CHOU, S.; GEYER, J.; BUDÍK, O.; SHARMA, R.; PROKÝSEK, M.; HORVÁTH, T.; WYCKMANS, A. Living Lab Long-Term Sustainability in Hybrid Access Positive Energy Districts -A Prosumager Smart Fog Computing Perspective. IEEE Internet of Things Journal, 2023, vol. 10, no. 21, p. 18898-18908. ISSN: 2327-4662. (https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/10137645)
• VRTAL, M.; FUJDIAK, R.; BENEDIKT, J.; PRAKS, P.; BRIŠ, R.; PTÁČEK, M.; TOMAN, P. Time-Dependent Unavailability Exploration of Interconnected Urban Power Grid and Communications Network. Algorithms, 2023, vol. 16, no. 12, p. 1-21. ISSN: 1999-4893. (https://www.mdpi.com/1999-4893/16/12/561)
• MOŽNÝ, R.; MAŠEK, P.; MOLTCHANOV, D.; ŠTŮSEK, M.; MLÝNEK, P.; KOUCHERYAVY, Y.; HOŠEK, J. Characterizing Optimal LPWAN Access Delay in Massive Multi-RAT Smart Grid Deployments. Internet of Things, 2024, vol. 1, no. 1, p. 1-43. ISSN: 2542-6605. (https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2542660523003244)
• HOLASOVÁ, E.; BLAŽEK, P.; FUJDIAK, R.; MAŠEK, J.; MIŠUREC, J. Exploring the Power of Convolutional Neural Networks for Encrypted Industrial Protocols Recognition. Sustainable Energy, Grids and Networks, 2024, vol. 38, no. June 2024, p. 1-11. ISSN: 2352-4677. (https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2352467723002771)
• MLÝNEK, P.; MIŠUREC, J.; KRAJSA, O.; FUJDIAK, R.; SLÁČIK, J.; HANÁK, P.; MUSIL, P.; POSPÍCHAL, L.: KJ_funk; Communiaction Unit SMARTBOX (https://www.vut.cz/vut/aktuality-f19528/cenu-zlaty-amper-ziskal-smartbox-z-vut-na-jeho-vyvoji-spolupracuje-spolecnost-eg-d-ktera-jej-testuje-ve-sve-distribucni-siti-d255561)
• MLÝNEK, P.; JURÁŇ, R.: UWBAngleAnchor; UWB anchor for angkle measurement. (in cooperation with https://sewio.net

Group website: https://www.utko.fekt.vut.cz/en/energy-and-smart-grids

We deal with communication technologies and protocols for data transmission within the emerging communication scenarios for end users (Internet of Things) and industrial enterprises (Industry 4.0). The key point of research activities is the ability to design, construct and verify the functionality of the proposed devices and the subsequent software implementation of selected functionalities. Attention is focused on the development of terminal devices (sensors for measuring physical quantities) and communication units (aggregation gateways), which are deployed within intelligent networks (Smart Grids).

Main research activities

• Industrial communication systems (verification of communication parameters of LPWA technologies for M2M data transmission within Industry 4.0)
• Industrial networks and control systems (new automation solutions, digitization, localization and inventory, industrial communication protocols, transmission technologies with minimal response and high reliability, advanced virtualization and cyber-physical systems, IT/OT convergence, control systems, programmable logic controllers - PLC , implementation of technological solutions within the concepts of Industry 4.0 and smart factories)
• Use of electronic wearability in industrial applications (research of new communication technologies and protocols for wearable devices)
• Smart home (design of aggregation mechanisms for data processing within a smart home or automated buildings, development of prediction algorithms for automatic adjustment of household parameters based on user habits)
• Optical fiber sensors (measurement of temperature, pressure and vibration by single point and distributed sensor systems, design and implementation of sensor systems - phase sensitive OTDR, Raman OTDR, interferometers, FBG grating sensors, evaluation measurements)

Main research results

• ŠTŮSEK, M.; MOLTCHANOV, D.; MAŠEK, P.; MIKHAYLOV, K.; ZEMAN, O.; ROUBÍČEK, M.; KOUCHERYAVY, Y.; HOŠEK, J. Accuracy Assessment and Cross-Validation of LPWAN Propagation Models in Urban Scenarios. IEEE Access, 2020, vol. 8, no. 1, p. 154625-154636. ISSN: 2169-3536. (https://dspace.vut.cz/items/b6624612-0dd6-4a5a-957f-9543aadad0dd)
• SAAFI, S.; FODOR, G.; HOŠEK, J.; ANDREEV, S. Cellular Connectivity and Wearable Technology Enablers for Industrial Mid-End Applications. IEEE COMMUNICATIONS MAGAZINE, 2021, vol. 59, no. 7, p. 1-7. ISSN: 0163-6804. (https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/9502661)
• ŠTŮSEK, M.; MOLTCHANOV, D.; MAŠEK, P.; MIKHAYLOV, K.; HOŠEK, J.; ANDREEV, S.; KUCHERYAVY, E.; KUSTAREV, P.; ZEMAN, O.; ROUBÍČEK, M. LPWAN Coverage Assessment Planning without Explicit Knowledge of Base Station Locations. IEEE Internet of Things Journal, 2022, vol. 9, no. 6, p. 4031-4050. ISSN: 2327-4662. (https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/9507528)
• ŠTŮSEK, M.; MAŠEK, P.; MOLTCHANOV, D.; STEPANOV, N.; HOŠEK, J.; KOUCHERYAVY, Y. Performance Assessment of Reinforcement Learning Policies for Battery Lifetime Extension in Mobile Multi-RAT LPWAN Scenarios. IEEE Internet of Things Journal, 2022, vol. 9, no. 24, p. 25581-25595. ISSN: 2327-4662. (https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/9854077)
• MYŠKA, V.; LEVEK, V.; BURGET, R.; KOLAŘÍK, M.; ŠTEFFAN, P.; HÁZE, J. IoT mechatronic access control system ePRO 1.4. IEEE Consumer Electronics Magazine, 2023, p. 1-8. ISSN: 2162-2248. (https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/10313021)
• MLÝNEK, P.; JURÁŇ, R.; MRÁZ, Ľ.; Sewio Networks s.r.o., Brno, Medlánky: Moving Object Position Tracking Assembly. 37207, (2023) (part of Sewio loclization system - https://www.sewio.net/)
• MLÝNEK, P.; MAŠEK, P.; MIŠÁK, S.: SmartModule_CAT; Modular IoT communication module. VUT FEKT UTKO Technická 12, 61600 Brno (Part of #VodafoneUniLab - https://www.vodafone.cz/podnikatele/internet-veci/unilab/)

Leader: Prof. Josef Diblík

The experts affiliated to our group investigate the qualitative properties of solutions of discrete and continuous dynamical systems. In particular, they focus on applicable numerical approaches and the issues of stability, controllability, identification of integer and fractional order systems as well as on the analysis of some classes of nonlinear partial differential equations that arise in mathematical physics and various types of engineering. Outputs of the group have form of research papers.

Most important publications (for the last 4 years)

• LIU, Z.; RADULESCU, V.; ZHANG, J. A planar Schrodinger-Newton system with Trudinger-Moser critical growth. CALCULUS OF VARIATIONS AND PARTIAL DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS, 2023, Vol. 62, No. 4, 1-31. (AIS Q1, D1), DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00526-023-02463-0
• DIBLÍK, J.; KHUSAINOV, D.; SHATYRKO, A.; BAŠTINEC, J.; SVOBODA, Z. Absolute Stability of Neutral Systems with Lurie Type Nonlinearity. Advances in Nonlinear Analysis, 2022, Vol. 11, No. 1, 726-740. (AIS Q1, D1), DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/anona-2021-0216
• BEREZANSKY, L.; DIBLÍK, J.; SVOBODA, Z.; ŠMARDA, Z. Simple tests for uniform exponential stability of a linear delayed vector differential equation. IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON AUTOMATIC CONTROL, 2022, Vol. 8, No. 3, 1537-1542. (AIS Q1, D1), DOI: https://doi.org/10.1109/TAC.2021.3069901
• DIBLÍK, J. Bounded solutions to systems of fractional discrete equations. Advances in Nonlinear Analysis, 2022, Vol. 11, No. 1, 1614-1630. (AIS Q1, D1), DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/anona-2022-0260
• BRAVERMAN, E.; DIBLÍK, J.; RODKINA, A.; ŠMARDA, Z. Stabilization of cycles for difference equations with a noisy PF control. AUTOMATICA, 2020, Vol. 115, No. 1, 1-8. (AIS Q1, D1), DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.automatica.2020.108862

Leader: Ing. Zdeněk Roubal, Ph.D.

The research group of the laboratory has been involved in monitoring environmental variables for a long period. Especially in caves, to monitor parameters important for speleotherapy. In addition to this main focus, questions of human influence on the cave environment and the examination of phenomena between the earth’s surface and the underground spaces are also studied. This is also very topical in terms of groundwater quality. Researchers of the group can design and built a necessary unique custom instrumentation for above mentioned purposes.

Main research activities:

• Development of a methodology for the measurement of light air ions
• Correlation between aerosols and light air ions
• Monitoring cave parameters that affect the success of speleotherapy

• SZABÓ, Z.; ROUBAL, Z.; KADLEC, R.; PRACNÝ, P.; LANG, M.: Cave drip meter with data logger. Amateur cave. (functional sample)
• ROUBAL, Z.; SZABÓ, Z.; KADLEC, R.: Soil surface CO2 meter Amateur cave. (functional sample)
• TJ04000064, Evaluation of the influence of surface conditions on the cave environment, https://starfos.tacr.cz/en/projekty/TJ04000064

Main research results – publications

• FAIMON, J.; BALDÍK, V.; ŠTELCL, J.; VŠIANSKÝ D.; REZ J.; PRACNÝ, P.; NOVOTNÝ, R.; LANG, M.; ROUBAL, Z.; SZABÓ Z.; HADACZ, R. Corrosion of calcite speleothems in epigenic caves of Moravian Karst (Czech Republic). Environ Earth Sci, 2024, vol. 83, no. 184. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12665-024-11449-w
• ROUBAL, Z.; BARTUŠEK, K.; SZABÓ, Z.; DREXLER, P.; ÜBERHUBEROVÁ, J. Measuring Light Air Ions in a Speleotherapeutic Cave. Measurement Science Review, 2017, vol. 17, no. 1, p. 27-36. ISSN: 1335-8871. https://doi.org/10.1515/msr-2017-0004
• ROUBAL, Z.; GESCHEIDTOVÁ, E.; BARTUŠEK, K.; SZABÓ, Z.; STEINBAUER, M.; ÜBERHUBEROVÁ, J.; LAJČÍKOVÁ, A. Evaluating the Parameters of a Systematic Long-Term Measurement of the Concentration and Mobility of Air Ions in the Environment inside Cisarska Cave. Atmosphere, 2021, vol. 12, no. 12, pp. 1-31. ISSN: 2073-4433. https://doi.org/10.3390/atmos12121615

Leader: doc. Ing. Jan Mikulka, Ph.D.

The non-destructive diagnostics research group has long specialized in advanced methods such as nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR), quadrupole resonance (NQR) and electrical impedance tomography (EIT), etc. The group's activities include not only the design of sophisticated electronic circuits required for these techniques, but also the optimization of measurement methods that increase the accuracy and efficiency of diagnostic processes. The group is also intensively dedicated to solving inverse image reconstruction tasks, which includes the development of algorithms and models for accurate imaging of internal structures from measured data. It also deals with advanced processing of signals (images, spectra), where it uses modern methods for the analysis and interpretation of the obtained information, which leads to the improvement of the diagnostic and imaging capabilities of these technologies.

Main research activities:

• Design and optimization of NMR tomography scanning coils
• Research in the field of design and optimization of NMR tomography imaging sequences including advanced image analysis
• Design and implementation of a circuit solution of nuclear quadrupole resonance for the detection of dangerous materials in solid state
• Design and implementation of a circuit solution for electrical impedance tomography for a wide range of applications
• Research in the field of non-destructive diagnostics from laboratory applications to structural units of buildings
• Parallel processing of a large amount of captured data

The most significant bibliographic results in the last 5 years:

• SOLÁR, P.; VALEKOVÁ, H.; MARCOŇ, P.; MIKULKA, J.; BARÁK, M.; HENDRYCH, M.; STRÁNSKÝ, M.; SIRŮČKOVÁ, K.; KOSTIAL, M.; HOLÍKOVÁ, K.; BRYCHTA, J.; JANČÁLEK, R. Classification of brain lesions using a machine learning approach with cross-sectional ADC value dynamics. Scientific Reports, 2023, vol. 13, no. 1, ISSN: 2045-2322. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-023-38542-7
• NEČAS, D.; KLAPETEK, P. Synthetic Data in Quantitative Scanning Probe Microscopy. Nanomaterials, 2021, vol. 11, no. 7, p. 1-26. ISSN: 2079-4991. https://doi.org/10.3390/nano11071746
• DUŠEK, J.; MIKULKA, J. Measurement-Based Domain Parameter Optimization in Electrical Impedance Tomography Imaging. SENSORS, 2021, vol. 21, no. 7, p. 1-20. ISSN: 1424-8220. https://doi.org/10.3390/s21072507
• KŘEPELKA, P.; PÉREZ-RODRÍGUEZ, F.; BOLÍVAR, A. Two-dimensional mid and near infrared correlation spectroscopy for bacterial identification. JOURNAL OF NEAR INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY, 2020, vol. 1, no. 1, p. 1-10. ISSN: 1751-6552. https://doi.org/10.1364/JNIRS.29.000063
• FIALA, P.; BARTUŠEK, K.; DĚDKOVÁ, J.; KADLEC, R.; DOHNAL, P. Experimental Measurement of Nanolayers via Electromagnetic, Near Infrared, and Gamma Radiation. Measurement Science Review, 2019, vol. 19, no. 4, p. 144-152. ISSN: 1335-8871. https://doi.org/10.2478/msr-2019-0020
• MOTÚZ, R.; LEYSEN, W.; MOREAU, P.; GUSAROV, A.; DREXLER, P.; WUILPART, M. Theoretical assessment of the OTDR detector noise on plasma current measurement in tokamaks. Applied Optics, 2019, vol. 58, no. 11, p. 2795-2802. ISSN: 2155-3165. https://doi.org/10.1364/AO.58.002795

The most significant results of applied research in the last 5 years:

• CHALUPA, D.; MIKULKA, J.: Supervised segmentation toolbox using machine learning for 3D Slicer. Git repository. URL: https://github.com/chalupaDaniel/slicerSupervisedSegmentation. (software)
• BALAJKA, M.; MIKULKA, J.; DUŠEK, J.: PLC EIT 0.1; Switching card for electrical impedance tomography measurements. (functional sample) Documentation can be downloaded here.

The most significant solution projects in the last 5 years:

• Improved Multi-resonance Probe for Advanced Techniques in Magnetic Resonances (CEITEC VUT/FEKT-J-24-8644), from 03/2024, https://www.vut.cz/en/rad/projects/detail/36239
• NV18-08-00459, Spatial Analysis of the Force Load on a Deformed Developing Spine, and Corrective Force Modelling Applied to Minimize the Scope of a Scoliosis Surgery, from 1. 5. 2018, to 31. 12. 2021, https://starfos.tacr.cz/en/projekty/NV18-08-00459
• Detection of environmental anomalies by electrical impedance tomography, from 1. 3. 2018, to 28. 2. 2019, https://www.vut.cz/en/rad/projects/detail/29625

Leader: Ing. Jiří Janoušek, Ph.D.

Group website: https://www.utee.fekt.vut.cz/drone-centre

The main activity of the research group is the development of software and hardware for unmanned aircraft, especially for remote sensing and evaluation of imaged data. The group develops algorithms for UAV control in GNSS denied area. The group also focuses on the processing of multispectral or thermal imagery from which to create maps, plans and 3D models. We are also involved in the development of software for autonomous flight controllers based on image processing and the development of defenses against UAVs. We also develop artificial intelligence algorithms for swarm flying and controlling groups of unmanned vehicles.

Main research activities

• Swarm Flying
• Autonomous UAV Development
• Drone flight in non-GNSS environments
• UAV applications in precision agriculture and Industry 4.0

The most important publications

• MARCOŇ, Petr, Jiří JANOUŠEK, Josef POKORNÝ, et al. A System Using Artificial Intelligence to Detect and Scare Bird Flocks in the Protection of Ripening Fruit. Sensors [online]. 2021, 21(12) [cit. 2024-06-18]. ISSN 1424-8220. https://doi.org/10.3390/s21124244
• JANOUŠEK, Jiří, Václav JAMBOR, Petr MARCOŇ, Přemysl DOHNAL, Hana SYNKOVÁ a Pavel FIALA. Using UAV-Based Photogrammetry to Obtain Correlation between the Vegetation Indices and Chemical Analysis of Agricultural Crops. Remote Sensing [online]. 2021, 13(10) [cit. 2024-06-18]. ISSN 2072-4292. https://doi.org/10.3390/rs13101878
• MARCOŇ, P.; JANOUŠEK, J.; POKORNÝ, J.; NOVOTNÝ, J.; VLACHOVÁ HUTOVÁ, E.; ŠIRŮČKOVÁ, A.; ČÁP, M.; LÁZNIČKOVÁ, J.; KADLEC, R.; RAICHL, P.; DOHNAL, P.; STEINBAUER, M.; GESCHEIDTOVÁ, E. A System Using Artificial Intelligence to Detect and Scare Bird Flocks in the Protection of Ripening Fruit. SENSORS, 2021, vol. 21, no. 12, p. 1-16. ISSN: 1424-8220. https://doi.org/10.3390/s21124244

Most important projects

An Artificial Intelligence-Controlled Robotic System for Intelligence and Reconnaissance Operations
The project has been designed to investigate drone swarms flying in coordination with terrestrial robots. The research will focus on diverse relevant means, problems, and activities, such as AI algorithms to reconfigure a drone swarm; object detection and classification; sensor-based data analysis and evaluation; and modeling robotic systems to define the limit parameters, criteria, and objective functions that optimize the trajectories of the elements of a concrete system. The obtained knowledge and adopted methods, instruments, and technologies will enable us to create a demonstrator of an adaptable drone swarm collaborating with terrestrial robots. The outputs will be applicable in, for example, CBRN operations, personal detection, and perimeter search.

Autonomous drone with multi-sensor stabilized head with artificial intelligence
The project facilitates developing, testing, and evaluating an unmanned aerial vehicle that carries a multi-sensor head with an integrated processor to enable real-time image evaluation and to support artificial intelligence elements. The components are to be designed and selected such that the future safety of the state or population is not compromised. The relevant supplies will be as autonomous as possible, originating from the Czech Republic, EU, and other NATO countries or associates; similarly, the designing procedures will also exploit state-of-the-art parts and technologies by manufacturers based in these regions. The position of the UAV will be corrected in real-time with the multi-sensor head metadata to compensate for possible failures in common sensors, such those of the GNSS.

An interface for the intuitive and reliable operation of a heterogeneous robotic team with state monitoring and a safe failure tolerance system
Establishing an intuitive and safe interface between a group of collaborating, fully autonomous robots and their user(s) is one of the last challenges that still hinder the use of large robotic formations in real-world scenarios. The project tackles this issue via a science and research technology that facilitates the following tasks: merging and visualizing telemetric data from sizable groups of UAVs, UGVs, and robot boats; mission planning; managing emergencies and malfunctions; and showing the sensor-acquired data to the operator in real time. With the interface, a group of robots will be controllable even by a user who lacks special skills in robotics. Importantly, the interface will also be applied in specific cyber schemes and real-world environments involving end users.