The topic of the habilitation lecture will be Sampling-based motion planning methods and their applications in robotics and bioinformatics. The candidate will present the results of his long-term research in the field of trajectory planning for autonomous systems, which finds application not only in robotics but also in the analysis of biological structures and processes.
Ing. Vojtěch Vonásek, Ph.D., works at the Department of Cybernetics at the Faculty of Electrical Engineering (FEE) of the Czech Technical University in Prague (CTU) and is one of the key figures in the Multi-Robot Systems research group. He has long been engaged in the development of algorithms for robot motion planning, the simulation of robotic systems, and the applications of these methods in bioinformatics. He is the author or co-author of numerous publications in prestigious international journals and conferences, including IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters, Journal of Intelligent and Robotic Systems, ICRA, and IROS. His work has garnered more than two thousand citations and has also yielded the widely used CaverDock software for analyzing ligand transport in protein structures.
In addition to his research activities, Vojtěch Vonásek is also significantly involved in teaching. He is the course coordinator and instructor for Algorithms and Programming, co-teaches Autonomous Robotics, and received the Dean’s Award for Outstanding Teaching in 2024 for his pedagogical work. In recent years, he has supervised dozens of bachelor’s and master’s theses, six of which received the Dean’s Award.
Habilitation Lecture
Topic: Sampling-based motion planning methods and their applications in robotics and bioinformatics
Lecturer: Ing. Vojtěch Vonásek, Ph.D.
Date: Wednesday, June 10, 2026
Time: 1:00–2:00 PM
Location: Lecture Hall T2:D3-209, Technická 2, Prague 6 – Dejvice
Format: In-person
The habilitation lecture and defense of the habilitation thesis are open to the public.
