Members of National Centre of Robotics are currently working on these research projects:
| Name of the project | Project acronym | Project duration | Project manager | Partners |
| Methods for intelligent control of unmanned aerial systems for inspection in industrial environments | VEGA 1/0752/17 | 2017-2019 | doc. Ing. Andrej Babinec, PhD. | |
| Automated robotic assembly cell as an instrument of concept Industry 4.0 |
APVV-16-0006 | 2017-2020 | prof. Ing. František Duchoň, PhD. | University of Žilina |
| MultiCountry mobile robots – scientific exchange and workshop | MCMBOT | 2018-2019 | prof. Ing. František Duchoň, PhD. | Association for the Development of Science and Culture “Progresja”, VÚT Brno, Politechnika Wroclawska |
| A Network of Robotics DIHs for Agile Production | SEP-210509996 | 2019-2022 | prof. Ing. František Duchoň, PhD. | 36 European partners |
| Collaborative robot for use in the laboratory | APVV-17-0214 | prof. Ing. Peter Hubinský, PhD. | SjF STU | |
| Algorithm of collective intelligence: Interdisciplinary study of swarming behavior in bats | APVV-17-0116 | prof. Ing. Peter Hubinský, PhD. | ||
| Robotized cell for intelligent welding of small volume production | IZVAR | 2019-2021 | prof. Ing. František Duchoň, PhD. | VUEZ, a.s. |
Students under the supervision of NCR members and in cooperation with external subjects are dedicated to these topics:
| Topic of student’s work | Supervisor | Partner |
| Robotic system for automatic grasping of part in automotive industry | prof. Ing. František Duchoň, PhD. | SymarTech s.r.o. |
| Workstation for sorting of cable endings | Ing. Ľuboš Chovanec, PhD. | SymarTech s.r.o. |
| Implementation of ROS for control of KUKA robotic systems | prof. Ing. František Duchoň, PhD. | MATADOR Industries a.s. |
| Inspection of internal environment by drones | prof. Ing. František Duchoň, PhD. | UAVONIC s.r.o. |
| Intuitive robot motion sequence editor | Ing. Ľuboš Chovanec, PhD. | B+R automatizace, spol. s.r.o. |
| Control of industrial robot in ROS | prof. Ing. František Duchoň, PhD. | SCHUNK Intec s.r.o. |
| Universal callibration workplace for industrial robots on the basis of laser scanner | prof. Ing. František Duchoň, PhD. | Photoneo s.r.o. |
| Programming of Arduino robot | doc. Ing. Andrej Babinec, PhD. | HUMUSOFT SK s.r.o. |
| Control of KUKA robot in process of maniuplation with bottom rope | prof. Ing. František Duchoň, PhD. | VIPO, a.s. |
| Scanning of one and two dimensional barcodes with visual system and its consequent processing | prof. Ing. František Duchoň, PhD. | TSS Group a.s. |
| Design of construction and construction of lightweight camera for drone | prof. Ing. František Duchoň, PhD. | UAVONIC s.r.o. |
| Usage of maps obtained by LIDAR in navigation of UAV | prof. Ing. František Duchoň, PhD. | HELICOP, s.r.o. |
| Development of a demo application using SENSO-SCARA, VIBROTAC and SENSO rotary table | prof. Ing. František Duchoň, PhD. | Sensodrive GmbH |
| Universal communication interface for industrial robots | prof. Ing. František Duchoň, PhD. | Photoneo s.r.o. |
| Automated measuring and callibration system | Ing. Ľuboš Chovanec, PhD. | MicroStep-MIS s.r.o. |
| Creation of 3D environment model by depth camera and robotic manipulator | Ing. Martin Dekan, PhD. | Photoneo s.r.o. |
| Automation of inspection cell with visual system | prof. Ing. František Duchoň, PhD. | IQLOGY s.r.o |
| Modelling of automated cooling rack in Plant Simulation | doc. Ing. Andrej Babinec, PhD. | Matador Industries, a.s. |
| Measuring with line sensor and industrial manipulator | Ing. Martin Dekan, PhD. | NMS s.r.o. |
| Identification of moving object by camera system in 2D space | prof. Ing. František Duchoň, PhD. | CIM Slovakia s.r.o. |
| Localization by GNSS sensors | prof. Ing. František Duchoň, PhD. | Slovenská organizácia pre vesmírne aktivity |
| Optimization of material flow in production system | prof. Ing. František Duchoň, PhD. | Segula Slovensko s.r.o. |
| Biaxial positioning system | Ing. Ľuboš Chovanec, PhD. | B+R automatizace, spol. s r.o. |
| Control of autonomous vehicle | prof. Ing. František Duchoň, PhD. | Humusoft a Inventum |
| Positioning of planar crane with PLC | Ing. Ľuboš Chovanec, PhD. | Phoenix Contact, s.r.o. |
| Monitoring of the quality characteristics of a manual gearbox by compliant robot | prof. Ing. František Duchoň, PhD. | Matador Automation s.r.o. |
| Virtual comissioning of production line | doc. Ing. Andrej Babinec, PhD. | Segula Slovensko s.r.o. |
| Actuators and energy consumption optimization of mobile robot for high loads | Ing. Ľuboš Chovanec, PhD. | Matador Automation s.r.o. |
| Iterative refinement of the mobile robot’s position using visual tags in space | Ing. Peter Pásztó, PhD. | RoboTech Vision s.r.o. |
| Guidance of the robotics arm during the motion of chassis of mobile manipulator | doc. Ing. Andrej Babinec, PhD. | Matador Automation s.r.o. |
| Control of mobile robot with omnidirectional chassis – 3D SLAM | prof. Ing. František Duchoň, PhD. | Matador Automation s.r.o. |
| Utilization of TensorFlow library in robotic applications | Ing. Peter Pásztó, PhD. | RoboTech Vision s.r.o. |
| Automation in Label ID production process | Ing. Ľuboš Chovanec, PhD. | MIRTAN s.r.o. |
| Swarm robotics for cinematographic use | Ing. Jozef Rodina, PhD. | Skydio Inc. |