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1. Institute of Production Machines, Systems and Robotics Technická 2896/2 616 69 Brno tel: +420 541 142 448 fax: +420 541 142 449 e-mail: bradac@fme.vutbr.cz web: www.uvssr.fme.vutbr.cz

2. Institute of Production Machines, Systems and Robotics www.uvssr.fme.vutbr.cz Management of Institute Director of Institute Ing. Petr Blecha, Ph.D.blecha@fme.vutbr.cz Deputy Directors Doc. Dr. Ing. Radek Knoflíčekknoflicek@fme.vutbr.cz Prof. Ing. Zdeněk Kolíbal, CSc.kolibal@fme.vutbr.cz Secretary Ing. František Bradáč,Ph.D. bradac@fme.vutbr.cz Assistant Michaela Šerá sera@fme.vutbr.cz

3. Institute of Production Machines, Systems and Robotics www.uvssr.fme.vutbr.cz Heads of Departments • Dept. of Production Machines Ing. Petr Blecha, Ph.D. • Dept. of Robotics and Robots Prof. Ing. Zdeněk Kolíbal, CSc. • Dept. of Production Systems Doc. Mgr. Dr. Ing. Lubomír Vašek, CSc. • Dept. of Electrical Engineering Doc. Ing. Vladislav Singule, CSc. • Research Center of Automatic Manipulation Prof. Ing. Zdeněk Kolíbal, CSc.

4. Institute of Production Machines, Systems and Robotics www.uvssr.fme.vutbr.cz Science and research activities • Development of production machines and their components • Highspeedautomatic manipulation in production machines • Post-processing and in-processing check-up of parameters in production machines • Assessment of risks and safety of production machines • Development of manipulators for production machines • Development of special-purpose robots and their end-effectors • Robotics – development of mobile and stationary robots • Biorobotics – biosignal processing, prothetics etc. • Multirobotic technologies • Adaptive control of robots • Robot movement control, optimization and simulation • Development of autonomous locomotion robots

5. Institute of Production Machines, Systems and Robotics www.uvssr.fme.vutbr.cz Science and research activities • Planning, scheduling and optimization in production systems • Control and computer communication in production systems • Simulation studies of complex production systems • Development of software for production planning and control (APS, MES) • Development of information system for tool management in a production company • Technical vision and object recognition in intelligent production systems • Quality management in intelligent production systems • Life cycle diagnostics and prognostics in electrotechnical nodes of production systems • Optimization of electrical machinery with respect to construction, technology and materials

6. Institute of Production Machines, Systems and Robotics www.uvssr.fme.vutbr.cz Selected activities of the institute Analyses, new approaches and verification of parameters in construction of production machines, robots and their components

7. Institute of Production Machines, Systems and Robotics www.uvssr.fme.vutbr.cz Selected activities of the institute Optimization of production planning and management in production systems in connection with CIM

8. Institute of Production Machines, Systems and Robotics www.uvssr.fme.vutbr.cz Selected activities of the institute Electrical drives of machines and equipment including diagnostics and prognostics of winding insulating materials

9. Institute of Production Machines, Systems and Robotics www.uvssr.fme.vutbr.cz Selected activities of the institute Mobile robots, their navigation and control

10. Institute of Production Machines, Systems and Robotics www.uvssr.fme.vutbr.cz Selected activities of the institute Biorobotics andprothetics

11. Institute of Production Machines, Systems and Robotics www.uvssr.fme.vutbr.cz Selected activities of the institute Realization of model multi-profession modular automated production system for production and discrete assembly

12. Institute of Production Machines, Systems and Robotics www.uvssr.fme.vutbr.cz Selected activities of the institute Examples of diploma theses Mobile decontamination frame

13. Institute of Production Machines, Systems and Robotics www.uvssr.fme.vutbr.cz Selected activities of the institute Examples of diploma theses Specific application of the overhung sliding scissors principle

14. Institute of Production Machines, Systems and Robotics www.uvssr.fme.vutbr.cz Selected activities of the institute Examples of diploma theses Automatic manipulator

15. Institute of Production Machines, Systems and Robotics www.uvssr.fme.vutbr.cz Major achievements of the institute Mobile robot VUTBOT 2 at the International Engineering Fair in Brno 2003, 2004 a 2005

16. Institute of Production Machines, Systems and Robotics www.uvssr.fme.vutbr.cz Major achievements of the institute Co-organization and active participation in „I am a robot“ exhibition in Brno Design Centre (MPO), December 2003 – January 2004

17. Institute of Production Machines, Systems and Robotics www.uvssr.fme.vutbr.cz IndustrialPartnership • Control Techniques Brno s.r.o. • ČEZ, a.s. • Hella Autotechnik, s.r.o. • KOVOSVIT MAS, a.s. • Renishaw, s.r.o. • SAND TEAM, s.r.o. • Bosch Diesel s.r.o. • ŠMERAL Brno, a.s. • TAJMAC - ZPS, a.s. • TOSHULIN, a.s. • TOS KUŘIM-OS, a.s. • UNIS, s.r.o.

18. Institute of Production Machines, Systems and Robotics www.uvssr.fme.vutbr.cz PartnerUniversities Czech Universities • ČVUT v Praze • Západočeská univerzita v Plzni • Univerzita Tomáše Bati ve Zlíně Foreign Universities • TU Chemnitz Germany • TU Graz Austria • Univ.de Versailles Saint-Quentin-EN-Yvelines France • Tampereen Teknillinen Yliopisto Finland • Žilinská univerzita v Žilině Slovakia • Coventry University UK