This unique project, coordinated by the Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science at VSB-TUO within the TAČR PRODEF program, was presented at a workshop attended by representatives of the Ministry of Defence, the Army of the Czech Republic, and consortium members. “We are developing a technology capable of processing image and sensor data from swarms of drones with the help of artificial intelligence. The result will be a system enabling automatic detection, classification, and localization of objects in real time, which is of crucial importance for modern defense and security applications,” said Professor Miroslav Vozňák from the Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science.

The project is carried out under the TAČR PRODEF program – applied research for the defense industry. Alongside VSB-TUO, the consortium includes the University of Defence, the company UpVision from the Aerospace division of the CSG Group, and Impaeria Global. The application guarantors of the project are the Ministry of Defence together with the Army of the Czech Republic, which will serve as the end user of the developed system.

The workshop offered not only presentations of the consortium’s results and experience from previous projects but also demonstrations of cutting-edge technologies at VSB-TUO. Participants were welcomed by Vice-Rector Igor Ivan, who will assume the role of university rector as of September. The morning program was fully dedicated to the project’s content, while in the afternoon participants visited IT4Innovations, which provides state-of-the-art supercomputing technologies and services, and learned about the development of autonomous vehicle control in the Mobility Lab.