Doc. Ing. Martin Saska, Ph. D. (* 1980) is a researcher at the Czech Technical University (ČVUT) in Prague in the field of robotics and autonomous systems .[1] He is one of the leading Czech experts in the development of autonomous drones . [2] [3] [4]

Life and Work

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Martin Saska received his master's degree from the Czech Technical University in Prague in 2005 and his doctoral degree from the Julius Maximilian University in Würzburg, Germany, as part of the Elite Network of Bavaria doctoral program in 2009.[5] Since 2009, he has been a researcher at the Czech Technical University in Prague, where he founded and leads the laboratory of the Multirobotic Systems research group at the Department of Cybernetics, Faculty of Electrical Engineering . [5]He co-founded the Center for Robotics and Autonomous Systems with more than 70 researchers collaborating in the field of robotics. [6] [7]In 2008, he was a visiting researcher at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, USA, and in 2012, 2014 and 2016 at the University of Pennsylvania, USA, where he collaborated with Vijay Kumar's group within the GRASP laboratory [8] . He has authored or co-authored numerous publications in peer-reviewed conferences with several best paper awards and in high-impact journals, including The International Journal of Robotics Research by SAGE Publications, Autonomous Robots by Springer [9] or the Journal of Field Robotics by Wiley . [10] [5] His team has won several robotics challenges in the Mohamed Bin Zayed International Robotics Challenge [11](MBZIRC 2017[12] [13] [14], MBZIRC 2020 [15][16] ) and DARPA . [3] [17]

Martin Saska is the author and co-author of more than 150 scientific papers and articles. [5]

Selected articles from impacted journals:

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  • Saska, Martin; Vonásek, Vojtěch; Krajník, Tomáš; Přeučil, Libor (September 2014). "Coordination and navigation of heterogeneous MAV–UGV formations localized by a 'hawk-eye'-like approach under a model predictive control scheme". The International Journal of Robotics Research. 33 (10): 1393–1412. doi:10.1177/0278364914530482. ISSN 0278-3649.
  • Saska, Martin; Spurný, Vojtěch; Vonásek, Vojtěch (January 2016). "Predictive control and stabilization of nonholonomic formations with integrated spline-path planning". Robotics and Autonomous Systems. 75, část B: 379–397. doi:10.1016/j.robot.2015.09.004.
  • Saska, Martin; Baca, Tomas; Thomas, Justin; Chudoba, Jan; Preucil, Libor; Krajnik, Tomas; Faigl, Jan; Loianno, Giuseppe; Kumar, Vijay (April 2017). "System for deployment of groups of unmanned micro aerial vehicles in GPS-denied environments using onboard visual relative localization". Autonomous Robots. 41 (4): 919–944. doi:10.1007/s10514-016-9567-z. ISSN 0929-5593.

Awards

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  • 1st place in DARPA Subterranean Challenge Tunnel Circuit - self-funded teams - UAV team leader [17]
  • 1st prize in DARPA Subterranean Challenge Urban Circuit - self-funded teams - UAV team leader [17]
  • 2nd Prize in DARPA Subterranean Challenge Virtual Competition Final (Among All Teams) - UAV Team Leader [17]
  • 1st prize in the MBZIRC 2020 competition (among the grand challenges) [18] [16]
  • 1st prize in the MBZIRC 2020 competition (2nd challenge) [18] [16]
  • 2nd prize in the MBZIRC 2020 competition (1st challenge) [18] [16]
  • 1st prize in the MBZIRC 2017 competition (3rd challenge) [18] [13]
  • 2nd prize in the MBZIRC 2017 competition (1st challenge) [13]
  • 3rd prize in the MBZIRC 2017 competition (grand challenge) [13]
  • ICRA 2008 - Best Paper Award Honorary Finalist (first author)[19]

References

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  1. ^ "Saska, Martin, doc. Ing., Dr. rer. nat". usermap.cvut.cz. Retrieved 2024-06-26.
  2. ^ "Svět dronů se mění ze dne na den, říká o své digirutině dronový mág Martin Saska". 2021-05-17.
  3. ^ a b "Chceme, aby se dron stal spolupracovníkem člověka a dokázal s ním přirozeným jazykem komunikovat, říká robotik Martin Saska | SECURITY MAGAZÍN". www.securitymagazin.cz (in Czech). Retrieved 2024-06-26.
  4. ^ Mareš, Michael (2023-05-05). "Drony jako kurýři zásilek? Ta doba se blíží, říká šéf úspěšného vědeckého týmu Martin Saska". Hospodářské noviny (HN.cz) (in Czech). Retrieved 2024-06-26.
  5. ^ a b c d "Martin Saska". Multi-robot Systems - martin-saska.
  6. ^ "Center for Robotics and Autonomous Systems". Center for Robotics and Autonomous Systems | Faculty of Electrical Engineering, Czech Technical University.
  7. ^ "Martin Saska – DroneDays". dronedays.fer.hr. Retrieved 2024-06-26.
  8. ^ "Martin Saska".
  9. ^ "Autonomous Robots". SpringerLink. Retrieved 2024-06-26.
  10. ^ "Field Robotics". www.journalfieldrobotics.org. Retrieved 2024-06-26.
  11. ^ "About Mohamed Bin Zayed International Robotics Challenge (MBZIRC) 2023 - UAE Robotics Competition". www.mbzirc.com. Retrieved 2024-06-26.
  12. ^ "Drony z ČVUT zabodovaly v Emirátech. Z Abú Zabí vezou tři medaile". iROZHLAS (in Czech). 2017-03-18. Retrieved 2024-06-26.
  13. ^ a b c d "Multi-robot Systems - MBZIRC-2017". Multi-robot Systems.
  14. ^ "ČVUT: Drony z Fakulty elektrotechnické ČVUT v Praze budou obhajovat vítězství v Abu Dhabi". parlamentnilisty.cz. Retrieved 2024-06-26.
  15. ^ 8. ledna 2020 - Studio 6 | Česká televize (in Czech). Retrieved 2024-06-26 – via www.ceskatelevize.cz.
  16. ^ a b c d "Mohamed Bin Zayed International Robotics Challenge 2020". Multi-robot Systems.
  17. ^ a b c d "DARPA Subterranean Challenge". Multi-robot Systems.
  18. ^ a b c d "Velký úspěch českých dronů. Tým z ČVUT si veze zlato z Abú Dhabí". 2020-02-26.
  19. ^ "ICRA 2008". ewh.ieee.org. Retrieved 2024-06-26.