Institute of Robotics and Cybernetics
General Information
Institute of Robotics and Cybernetics is one of 10 institutes of the Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Information Technology of the Slovak University of Technology in Bratislava.
The Institute
- has 41 staff members, 3 emeritus professors and 27 PhD. students (February 11, 2026)
- is guarantor of accredited study programmes Robotics and Cybernetics in 3 levels of qualification - Bachelor, Master, Doctoral degree
- offers a number of courses
- is home to a number of research projects
- has a number of scientific publications
- has more than 20 specific laboratories
Contact
Address
Institute of Robotics and Cybernetics
Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Information Technology (FEI STU)
Slovak University of Technology
Ilkovičova 3
841 04 Bratislava
Slovak Republic
Office of the Institute
Building of FEI STU in Bratislava
block D, 4th floor, room D 413
Phone: 00421-2-60291302
Mobile: 00421-940946441
E-mail: lubica.telekova(at)stuba.sk
Management
Professor František Duchoň - director
Dr. Michal Tolgyessy - head of department, institute representative in Academic Senate FEI STU
Assoc. Professor Eva Miklovičová - head of department
Assoc. Professor Ladislav Körösi - head of department
Ing. Zuzana Miklovič - secretary
Departments
Department of Robotics (Dr. Michal Tolgyessy)
Department of Cybernetics (Assoc. Professor Eva Miklovičová)
Department of Artificial Intelligence (Assoc. Professor Ladislav Körösi)
Administrative-Technical Department
Professors' Council
Professor Jarmila Pavlovičová
Professor František Duchoň
Professor Peter Hubinský
Professor Ladislav Jurišica, prof. em.
Professor Ján Murgaš
Professor Ivan Sekaj
Professor Anton Vitko
Professor Vojtech Veselý, prof. em.
Professor Milan Žalman, prof. em.
Staff
History of the institue:
important milestones
- 8.7.1959 establishing of the Department of Automation and Control (DAC) at the Faculty of Electrical Engineering of the Slovak University of Technology (FEI STU) in Bratislava
- 8.7.1959 launching study in the branch Automation Technology in form of follow-up study with 101 students
- 1.10.1961 launching daily study in the specialization Control Technology with 38 students
- 22.4.1969 the working group on computers detached from DAC and established the Department of Computers at the FEI STU
- 1.7.1983 establishing of the Department of Automatic Control Systems of Technological Processes
- 1.9.1991 launching study in the study branch Automation with participation of both the DAC and DACS
- 1.9.1993 implementation of a two-degree engineering study (4 + 3) and the European Credit Transfer System (ECTS) at FEI STU
- 1.9.2002 implementation of distance education in the branch Automation
- 1.9.2004 the two-degree study scheme (4+3) was changed to a (3+2) scheme
- 1.9.2004 launching the bachelor study program Industrial Informatics, the master study program Robotics within the study branch Automation, and the master study program Cybernetics within the study branch Cybernetics
- 1.3.2006 establishing of the Institute of Control and Industrial Informatics by a fusion of the Dept. of Automaton and Control, Dept. of Automatic Control Systems and Dept. of Economics and Management
- 1.4.2007 Dept. of Economics and Management detached form the institute, today it is a part of the Institute of Management of the STU.
- 1.7.2013 12 workers and 8 doctoral students left for the newly established Institute of Automotive Mechatronics FEI STU.
- 1.1.2014 the institute was renamed to Institute of Robotics and Cybernetics.
- 1.1.2017 Number of the departments was reduced to three: Dpt. of Robotics, Dpt. of Cybernetics, Dpt. of Artificial Intelligence.
Between 1963 and 2025, a total of almost 5,000 graduates were produced in various study programs, including Automation Technology, Engineering Cybernetics, Automatic Control Systems, Automation, Cybernetics and Robotics.
Former heads of the departments DAC, DACS and directors of the ICII, IRC
Department of Automation and Control
Václav Kalaš (1959 – 1959)
Miroslav Šalamon (1960 – 1963)
Václav Kalaš (1963 – 1964)
Miroslav Šalamon (1964 – 1974)
Václav Kalaš (1974 – 1976)
Štefan Kočiš (1976 – 1981)
Václav Kalaš (1981 – 1989)
Ivan Georgiev (1990 – 1990)
Alexander Varga (1990 – 1991)
Milan Žalman (1991 – 1998)
Ladislav Jurišica (1998–2006)
Department of Automatic Control Systems
Juraj Bízik (1983-1990)
Ján Murgaš (1991-1997)
Štefan Kozák (1998-2006)
Institute of Control and Industrial Informatics
Ladislav Jurišica (2006-2007)
Ján Murgaš (2007-2013)
Institute of Robotics and Cybernetics
Ján Murgaš (2014-2019)
Jarmila Pavlovičová (2019 –2023)
František Duchoň (since May 2, 2023)
Institute of Robotics and Cybernetics
in present time
The Institute of Robotics and Cybernetics is a pedagogical, research, and development institute of the Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Information Technology (Slovak University of Technology) in Bratislava.
The Institute guarantees study in all 3 levels of higher education in the following study programs:
- Bachelor study program: Robotics and cybernetics, guarantor: Assoc. Professor Eva Miklovičová
- Master study program: Robotics and cybernetics, guarantor: Professor Jarmila Pavlovičová
- PhD. study program: Robotics and cybernetics, guarantor: Professor František Duchoň
Research and teaching is carried out in laboratories, which are also built from the resources of the Institute but especially from the resources of grant tasks, tasks solved for industry and sponsorships of companies. Several parts of HW and SW laboratory equipment are the result of scientific research activities of staff, doctoral students and students.
The mission of the institute is to conduct and develop educational, scientific, and R&D activities in cybernetics, including automatic control, robotics, human-machine interfaces, optimization, ICT methods, control systems, signal processing, AI, and intelligent modeling and system management. The National Robotics Center is based here. The institute organizes robotic competitions like Road2FEI and Istrobot. Employees and doctoral students have participated in key European projects on robotics, AI, and digital production, collaborating with institutions such as the Finnish VTT, the Swedish RISE, the Swiss SUPSI, the Austrian LCM, the Slovenian Pomurski Technološki Park, and the German Fraunhofer.
The institute collaborates with Czech universities VÚT Brno, ČVUT Prague, VŠB Ostrava, and other foreign universities including Università degli Studi di Napoli Federico II, University Klagenfurt, Wroclaw University of Science and Technology, University of Southern Denmark, University of Ferrara, University of Belgrade, National Technical University of Ukraine, and University of Athens. Memorandums with Korean universities Yonsei University, Jeonbuk National University, and GIST are significant achievements.
Long-term cooperation with companies includes VÚEZ, Airvolute, Matador Group, Siemens, Humusoft, Photoneo, SCHUNK, Sensodrive, Panza Robotics, Spinbotics, Schneider Electric, SICK, Phoenix Contact, Beckhoff, Geotech, S.D.A., Sova Digital, First Welding, Sylex, KIA, Micro-Epsilon, Vonsch, VIPO, Konštrukta TireTech, Conti, Mráz Robotics, IQLOGY, Datalan, Suavinex and others.
Medical research cooperation involves the Eye Clinic of SZU and UNB Bratislava, Center for Experimental Medicine (CEM) of SAV Bratislava, LF UK Bratislava, Neurological Clinic of UNB Kramáre, and University Hospital in Martin.
The current annual report about the faculty, where you will also find important information about the Institute, can be found here:
Annual_Report_of_FEI_STU_2024.pdf
Additional related information: stuba.sk | fei.stuba.sk | nacero.sk
The publishing activities of the Institute for individual periods can be found here:
[Link to AIS ]
The following photos document the state of equipment in the laboratories of the Institute, where research is carried out, national and international grant projects are implemented, projects within the accredited doctoral study Robotics and Cybernetics are underway, and the pedagogical process in accredited study programs is underway.
[3D virtual tour ]
Schneider Electric Laboratory.
Schneider Electric Laboratory.
National Centre of Robotics.
National Centre of Robotics.
Mobile robotics laboratory (National Centre of Robotics).
