Reports

The Construction Literacy Education Programme (StaGram), which successfully launched in September 2024, was created with the support of the National Centre for Construction 4.0 to introduce young people to the fascinating world of construction. In partnership with leading construction firms and universities, it visited the first 60 schools this year. For 2025, it has an ambitious target to double the number of schools visited.

CTU Faculty of Information Technology has released another episode of its popular podcast "Ones and Zeros".

What does it take to play a board game with a humanoid robot? Scientists from the Humanoid Robotics Group at Faculty of Electrical Engineering, presented HARMONIOUS, a reactive system for real-time control of robot motion. A scientific paper on the new algorithm, which gives the humanoid the ability to move very naturally and safely among humans, has been published in the renowned journal IEEE Transactions on Robotics.

After period of testing, an application that can inform all students and workers at the Czech Technical University in Prague about possible current security threat and the procedure for its solution was launched. It informs both in general and targeted, for example, people from only one faculty or a specific building.

Faculty of Architecture organized a design-build workshop, the aim of which was to design functional and aesthetically interesting hygiene trays and at the same time to draw attention to the topic of menstrual poverty. Prototypes of pad and tampon dispensers are on display in the faculty atrium and in the ground floor toilets.

In the 29th edition of the Czech 100 Best competition, the Institute of Production Machinery and Equipment at Faculty of Mechanical Engineering of Czech Technical University in Prague was awarded in the category of Mechanical Engineering and IT. This success is also an appreciation of the long-term cooperation with industry, vision and quality work of all employees of the Institute. The head of the institute doc. Ing. Petr Kolář, Ph.D. received the award at the ceremony in the Municipal House,

In this year's brand new issue of TecniCall, most of the articles are dedicated to space. And from a variety of different perspectives.

Fly4Future, a company closely linked to CTU Faculty of Electrical Engineering, has won the prestigious AI Company of the Year award at the AI Awards for the development of unique flying robots (UAVs) with artificial intelligence and their introduction to the global market. This achievement confirms the technological advances in the field of autonomous drones and innovations in robotics. The prestigious AI Awards, which highlight the most outstanding achievements in the field of artificial intelligence, were presented to Fly4Future at the Vzlet hall in Vršovice on 21 November.

The best CTU athletes were also announced at the concert of the CTU Singing Association in the Bethlehem Chapel on 5 December. Thank you and congratulations!

In less than a month from the first idea, a new spin-off company AdvaMat Coatings s.r.o. was established at CTU. Thanks to the close cooperation of the Technology Transfer and Fundraising Department of CTU Rectorate and the business-oriented approach of the founders, Prof. Tomáš Polcar and Ing. Martin Daňek from Faculty of Electrical Engineering of CTU, the process was quickly and smoothly completed. AdvaMat Coatings focuses on innovative technologies for industrial coatings with a primary focus on glass moulds, where the impact of rising energy and material prices is a major challenge.