
Jan Vlk
Autonomous Systems Researcher
PhD Cybernetics & Robotics student @ CTU Prague
Building perception systems for autonomous agents
Robotic Systems
Control algorithms for autonomous robots navigation based on predicted terrain properties
Autonomous Driving
Real-world LiDAR processing for object detection and tracking in all driving environments
Computer Vision
Multi-sensor fusion combining LiDAR, camera, and depth for robust perception
My Journey
BSc Cybernetics & Robotics
2020 - 2023Czech Technical University
Thesis: Autonomous Road Crossing with a Mobile Robot
Porsche Engineering Student Contest
20222nd Place
Developed software for autonomous car model
MSc Cybernetics & Robotics
2023 - 2025Czech Technical University
Thesis: Unsupervised Approaches for 4D Panoptic Segmentation in LiDAR Driving Scenes
Robotour
20252nd Place
Autonomous robotic beer delivery
Researcher and PhD student
2025 - PresentCzech Technical University
Control of autonomous agents based on terrain properties
Technical Expertise
🎯 Core Languages
🔬 Computer Vision
⚙️ Tools & Platforms
What I'm Building
🎓 Dissertation
Physics-Guided Learning for Machine Control
Control of autonomous robots based on the terrain properties obtained through perception and physics-informed neural networks
🔬 Research Project
Outdoor Autonomous Robotics
Topics tied to autonomous operation in outdoor environments, such as semantic segmentation, navigation, localization, ...
💻 Open Source
Online Monitoring
Software for online monitoring of deployed robots
And Much More
Almost all I develop is available under open source license
Beyond Code
Sports
Competitive dancer • Amateur runner, climber, tennis player, ...
Photography
Amateur photographer & videographer
Travel
I love to travel • Visited 15+ countries both for work and pleasure
Let's Build the Future Together
I'm always interested in collaborating on autonomous systems projects, whether it's research, open source, or industry applications.