Reports

Concept taken from the ETH University of Zurich, but completely original design using commonly available technologies and components-the new experimental robot called SK8O ('Skate-o') is created on the premises of the Department of Control Engineering, Faculty of Electrical Engineering, and can balance on two legs with wheels. It will be used to teach dynamic driving, in the final he should be able to jump over obstacles or jump up the stairs while driving. Until recently, the dynamic movement of the robot conceived in this way belonged more to the science fiction realm.

In cooperation with GE Aviation, the team of the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering launched an experimental engine for the first time at its flying test facility, preparing for the first flight.

CTU in Prague and the Prague Institute of Innovation (Pii) have agreed on cooperation today. Together they will focus on the promotion of new scientific knowledge, innovative solutions and topics that will contribute to the development of modern metropolitan urban infrastructure and the protection of its environment. The actual collaboration has already begun. Pii is part of a project consortium in an application to the so-called European digital innovation hub (EDIH), which should make artificial intelligence capacities available to support business, optimize urban processes and education.

For the first time, astronomers have used an artificial intelligence method called active deep learning. Scientists from the Faculty of Information Technology of the Czech Technical University with the active participation of students and in cooperation with the Astronomical Institute of the Academy of Sciences used the potential of artificial intelligence for the first time in the history of astronomical research.

On the occasion of a new series of online discussions of important personalities in industry - the Barometer of Czech Industry - the National Center for Industry 4.0 prepared a new analysis. Its results were published on 13 January. The analysis is based on data obtained during 352 interviews with key representatives of selected companies in the Czech industry during October to December 2020.

The graduates of the Faculty of Architecture, Julie Kopecká, Vojtěch Rudorfer, Tomáš Pevný and Tomáš Rain and Jakub Vašek from the Faculty of Civil Engineering, were awarded in the competition presentation of diploma theses Diploma 2020 announced by the Czech Chamber of Architects.

Kristýna Gincelová from the Department of Dosimetry and Ionizing Radiation, Pavel Vrbka from the Department of Nuclear Reactors and Jan Mazáč from the Department of Mathematics are the authors of the best diploma theses for 2020 of the Faculty of Nuclear Sciences and Physical Engineering CTU in Prague.

On the roof of the Buštěhrad laboratories of the CTU University Center for Energy Efficient Buildings, a solar chimney runs in full operation. This device uses the accumulated heat from solar radiation for natural ventilation of buildings. Thanks to this, it is possible to ventilate for a longer period without the need for electricity.

Among this year's five winners of the Award of the Minister of Education, Youth and Sports for outstanding educational activities at the university is the theoretical physicist prof. RNDr. Petr Kulhánek, CSc., from the Faculty of Electrical Engineering.

The book Unbuilt / Built Architecture of the 1980s is a joint work of a team of authors from the Faculty of Architecture edited by Petr Vorlík and Klára Brůhová. It represents, as the name implies, unrealized architectural and urban designs created in the 1980s.