Contact

Phone : ++420 224357452
E-mail: Zbynek dot Sika at fs dot cvut dot cz
Room: A2-162 (Dejvice building)

Research Topics

• Robotics
• Motion control of flexible systems
• Active and semi-active vibration control
• Vehicle system dynamics and control
• Multibody system dynamics and kinematics
• Calibration of robots and other machines
• Model predictive control

Selected Projects

Principal investigator of research projects

• 2013-2015 GA13-39057S „Position Feedback Based Stiffness Increase of Robots by Redundant Measurement“
• 2011-2013 GAP101/11/1627 „Tilting Mechanisms Based on Fiber Parallel Kinematical Structure with Antibacklash Control“
• 2009-2011 GA101/09/1592 „Motion Control and Vibration Suppression of Compliant Mechanical Structures“

Participation in research projects

• 2008-2011 EC FP7 Project ACFA 2020 „Active Control for Flexible 2020 Aircraft“
• 2000-2003 EC FP5 Project CLOCKWORK „Creating Learning Organisations with Contextualised Knowledge-Rich work Artifacts“
  

Curriculum Vitae

• 25.1.1967 Born in Prague.
• 15.9.2000 Married, wife Mgr. Gabriela Šiková, children Filip Šika (2002) and Jana Šiková (2005).
• 1981-1985 secondary school – Gymnázium Praha 1 Štěpánská / Praha 6 Nad Alejí
• 1985-1990 CTU in Prague, Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, study programme Applied Mechanics
• 1999 Ph.D. – doctoral thesis „Synthesis and Analysis of Redundant Parallel Robots“
• 2005 Doc. – inaugural dissertation „Active and Semi-active Suppression of Machine Vibration“
• 2010 Prof. – branch Applied mechanics, professor lecture „Optimization of Mechanical and Mechatronical Systems“
• 1994-2005 Assistant Professor at the Dept. of Mechanics, FME, CTU in Prague
• 2005-2010 Associate Professor at the Dept. of Mechanics, Biomechanics and Mechatronics, FME, CTU in Prague
• 2010-today Full Professor at the Dept. of Mechanics, Biomechanics and Mechatronics, FME, CTU in Prague