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Research topic   Collaboration within a team of heterogeneous robots, particularly UAVs and surface vehicles (USVs), with a focus on state estimation, localization and control
     
Research interests   Unmanned Aerial Vehicles, Marine roboticsSwarm roboticsMulti-robot systems
     
Current projects   Marine Robotics Applications
    GACR-Swarms2 - Reliable sensing-driven compact groups of micro aerial robots with adaptive shapes
    TOPFLIGHT - Trajectory and Mission Planning for Agile Flight of Aerial Robots in Cluttered Environments
     
Past projects   A2RL x DCL Autonomous Racing League - Abu Dhabi
     
Achievements and Awards   A2RL x DCL: Autonomous Drone Racing League 3rd place in the Drag race and 4th in the AI Grand Challenge (2025) - as a member of the racing team
    AI Awards 2025 - 1st place in "AI in Research and Development" - as a member of the MRS group
     
Research stay   University of Technology Sydney - 2026
     
Topics for students   https://mrs.fel.cvut.cz/filip-novak/student-topics
   

 

Education  
2022 - Ing. (=M.Sc.) Cybernetics and Robotics, FEE, Czech Technical University in Prague, supervisor Tomáš Báča
  Diploma thesis: State Estimation of an Unmanned Surface Vehicle by an Unmanned Multirotor Helicopter
     
Preprints  
  1. Matěj Petrlík, Filip Novák, Robert Pěnička and Martin Saska. Motor Angular Speed Preintegration for Multirotor UAV State Estimation. 2026. URL PDF video code, DOI BibTeX

    @misc{petrlik2026maslo,
    	title = "Motor Angular Speed Preintegration for Multirotor UAV State Estimation",
    	author = "Mat{\v{e}}j Petrl{\'{i}}k and Filip Nov{\'{a}}k and Robert P{\v{e}}ni{\v{c}}ka and Martin Saska",
    	year = 2026,
    	publisher = "arXiv",
    	doi = "10.48550/arXiv.2606.19929",
    	pdf = "https://arxiv.org/pdf/2606.19929.pdf",
    	url = "https://mrs.fel.cvut.cz/papers/petrlik2026maslo",
    	video = "https://youtu.be/iuOo5Zj8Gv8",
    	code = "https://github.com/ctu-mrs/maslo"
    }
    
  2. Filip Novák, Matěj Petrlík, Matej Novosad, Parakh M Gupta, Robert Pěnička and Martin Saska. Vision-only UAV State Estimation for Fast Flights Without External Localization Systems: A2RL Drone Racing Finalist Approach. 2026. URL PDF video, DOI BibTeX

    @misc{novak2026visionOnlyUavStateEstimation,
    	title = "Vision-only UAV State Estimation for Fast Flights Without External Localization Systems: A2RL Drone Racing Finalist Approach",
    	author = "Filip Nov{\'{a}}k and Mat{\v{e}}j Petrl{\'{i}}k and Matej Novosad and Parakh M. Gupta and Robert P{\v{e}}ni{\v{c}}ka and Martin Saska",
    	year = 2026,
    	publisher = "arXiv",
    	doi = "10.48550/arXiv.2602.01860",
    	pdf = "https://arxiv.org/pdf/2602.01860.pdf",
    	url = "https://mrs.fel.cvut.cz/papers/vision-only-uav-state-estimation",
    	video = "https://youtu.be/6mLJlDx3jNE"
    }
    
     
Publications  
  1. Filip Novák, Tomáš Báča, Ondřej Procházka and Martin Saska. State estimation of marine vessels affected by waves by unmanned aerial vehicles. Ocean Engineering 323:120606, 2025. URL PDF, DOI BibTeX

    @article{novak2025usvStateEstimation,
    	title = "State estimation of marine vessels affected by waves by unmanned aerial vehicles",
    	author = "Filip Nov{\'{a}}k and Tom{\'{a}}{\v{s}} B{\'{a}}{\v{c}}a and Ond{\v{r}}ej Proch{\'a}zka and Martin Saska",
    	journal = "Ocean Engineering",
    	volume = 323,
    	pages = 120606,
    	year = 2025,
    	publisher = "Elsevier",
    	issn = "0029-8018",
    	doi = "10.1016/j.oceaneng.2025.120606",
    	pdf = "data/papers/2025_Ocean_Engineering_Novak.pdf",
    	url = "https://mrs.fel.cvut.cz/papers/usv-state-estimation"
    }
    
  2. Ondřej Procházka, Filip Novák, Tomáš Báča, Parakh M Gupta, Robert Pěnička and Martin Saska. Model predictive control-based trajectory generation for agile landing of unmanned aerial vehicle on a moving boat. Ocean Engineering 313:119164, 2024. URL PDF video, DOI BibTeX

    @article{prochazka2024model,
    	title = "Model predictive control-based trajectory generation for agile landing of unmanned aerial vehicle on a moving boat",
    	author = "Proch{\'a}zka, Ond{\v{r}}ej and Nov{\'a}k, Filip and B{\'a}{\v{c}}a, Tom{\'a}{\v{s}} and Gupta, Parakh M and P{\v{e}}ni{\v{c}}ka, Robert and Saska, Martin",
    	journal = "Ocean Engineering",
    	volume = 313,
    	pages = 119164,
    	year = 2024,
    	publisher = "Elsevier",
    	issn = "0029-8018",
    	doi = "10.1016/j.oceaneng.2024.119164",
    	pdf = "data/papers/2024_Prochazka.pdf",
    	url = "https://mrs.fel.cvut.cz/papers/mpc-traj-gen-for-landing",
    	video = "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D0guHAzKlGY"
    }
    
  3. Filip Novák, Tomáš Báča and Martin Saska. Collaborative Object Manipulation on the Water Surface by a UAV-USV Team Using Tethers. In 2024 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS). 2024, 3425-3432. URL PDF, DOI BibTeX

    @inproceedings{novakObjectManipulation2024,
    	title = "Collaborative Object Manipulation on the Water Surface by a UAV-USV Team Using Tethers",
    	author = "Filip Nov{\'{a}}k and Tom{\'{a}}{\v{s}} B{\'{a}}{\v{c}}a and Martin Saska",
    	year = 2024,
    	booktitle = "2024 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS)",
    	pages = "3425-3432",
    	doi = "10.1109/IROS58592.2024.10802469",
    	pdf = "data/papers/iros2024novak.pdf",
    	url = "https://mrs.fel.cvut.cz/papers/uav-usv-object-manipulation"
    }
    
  4. Filip Novák, Tomáš Báča, Ondřej Procházka and Martin Saska. Towards UAV-USV Collaboration in Harsh Maritime Conditions Including Large Waves. In Proceedings of the 21st International Conference on Informatics in Control, Automation and Robotics - Volume 1: ICINCO. 2024, 545-554. URL PDF, DOI BibTeX

    @inproceedings{novakTowardsUavUsvCollaboration2024,
    	title = "Towards UAV-USV Collaboration in Harsh Maritime Conditions Including Large Waves",
    	author = "Filip Nov{\'{a}}k and Tom{\'{a}}{\v{s}} B{\'{a}}{\v{c}}a and Ond{\v{r}}ej Proch{\'{a}}zka and Martin Saska",
    	year = 2024,
    	booktitle = "Proceedings of the 21st International Conference on Informatics in Control, Automation and Robotics - Volume 1: ICINCO",
    	pages = "545-554",
    	publisher = "SciTePress",
    	organization = "INSTICC",
    	doi = "10.5220/0012910000003822",
    	isbn = "978-989-758-717-7",
    	issn = "2184-2809",
    	pdf = "data/papers/icinco2024novak.pdf",
    	url = "https://mrs.fel.cvut.cz/papers/towards-uav-usv-collaboration"
    }
    
  5. Filip Novák, Viktor Walter, Pavel Petráček, Tomáš Báča and Martin Saska. Fast collective evasion in self-localized swarms of unmanned aerial vehicles. Bioinspiration & Biomimetics 16(6):066025, November 2021. URL PDF, DOI BibTeX

    @article{novak2021predator,
    	author = "Filip Nov{\'{a}}k and Viktor Walter and Pavel Petr{\'{a}}{\v{c}}ek and Tom{\'{a}}{\v{s}} B{\'{a}}{\v{c}}a and Martin Saska",
    	doi = "10.1088/1748-3190/ac3060",
    	journal = "Bioinspiration {\&} Biomimetics",
    	month = "nov",
    	number = 6,
    	pages = 066025,
    	publisher = "{IOP} Publishing",
    	title = "Fast collective evasion in self-localized swarms of unmanned aerial vehicles",
    	volume = 16,
    	year = 2021,
    	pdf = "data/papers/bb2021novak.pdf",
    	url = "https://mrs.fel.cvut.cz/papers/uav-swarm-fast-collective-evasion"
    }