Funding

Here we only list the grants in which Zdeněk Hurák has served as the principal investigator (PI) or co-principal investigator (co-PI).

Years	Name and ID of the grant	Funding agency and call	Group budget (CZK)	Description
2022–2024	Advanced methods for on-board data processing in V2X systems (CK03000269)	TAČR Doprava 2020+	6,985,500	Joint project with an industrial company Herman Systems (Brno, Czechia). Practically usable methods for real-time estimation of motion states of light rail vehicles (trams) used in urban public transport were developed, implemented, and tested. Zdeněk Hurák served as the co-PI (the PI was from the company).
2018–2020	Intelligent public transportation using V2X systems (TH03010155)	TAČR Program EPSILON	3,300,000	Joint project with an industrial company Herman Systems (Brno, Czechia). Potentials of vehicle-to-everything (V2X) wireless communication were explored and finally demonstrated in two cases: collision avoidance between two trams communicating with each other, coordinated passing of an emergency vehicle through a traffic light-controlled intersection. Zdeněk Hurák served as the co-PI (the PI was from the company).
2017–2021	Control platform for high-accuracy microelectronics assembly (FV20403)	MPO ČR Program TRIO (v2)	1,248,713	Joint project with an industrial company EZconn Czech. Motion control techniques were developed for the final phase of the pick-and-place robotic manipulation procedure – the so-called soft landing of the end effector with a component onto the wafer. The challenge was in controlling simultaneously the velocity and the impact/contact force. Zdeněk Hurák served as the co-PI (the PI was from the company).
2012–2018	Centre of excellence for advanced bioanalytical technologies (P206/12/G014)	GAČR	18,549,000	A prestigious national project supporting fundamental research in the domain of bioanalytical instrumentation. Namely, the team of Zdeněk Hurák worked on development of methods for noncontact micromanipulation by shaping electric or magnetic fields through arrays of actuators (electrodes or solenoids). Zdeněk Hurák was the co-PI.
2006–2010	GOLEM - Bio-inspired assembly process for micro- and nano- products (33211)	EU FP6 NMP STREP	170,000 EUR	EU project exploring bio-inspired (self) assembly processes at micro and even nano scales. The team of Zdeněk Hurák contributed by developing novel methods of charge control of piezoelectric stick-slip actuators and harnessing the phenomenon of dielectrophoresis for noncontact steering of microparticles to assist the assembly process. Zdeněk Hurák was the co-PI.