Michal Vavrecka
Researcher at Czech Institute of Informatics, Robotics and Cybernetics
Prague, Prague, Czechia
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Top SchoolMichal Vavrecka is a cognitive robotics researcher based in Prague with nine years of research experience bridging cognitive neuroscience, EEG analysis, and humanoid robotics. He holds a PhD in General Psychology and has worked across academic labs and institutes—including CIIRC, NIMH, and the Czech Academy of Sciences—focusing on EEG-driven insights and cognitive modeling applied to embodied systems. As an assistant professor turned researcher, he combines rigorous experimental neuropsychology with hands-on development of cognitive architectures for humanoid robots. Michal maintains a public research presence through a personal and group web site and a YouTube channel, signaling a commitment to open, accessible science beyond traditional publications.
9 years of coding experience
13 years of employment as a software developer
PhD. Degree, General Psychology, PhD. Degree, General Psychology at Masaryk University, Faculty of Social StudiesM.A. Degree, Psychology, M.A. Degree, Psychology at Masaryk University, Faculty of Arts
English
Github Skills (30)
robotics10
simulator10
semantic-segmentation10
reinforcement-learning10
robotics-simulation10
pepper10
deep-learning9
python8
simulation7
ros5
robot-simulator5
spleeter5
benchmark5
discord4
youtube4
Programming languages (5)
Github contributions (5)
michalvavrecka/michalvavrecka.github.io
Nov 2020 - May 2026
Contributions:18 pushes, 1 branch in 5 years 6 months
incognite-lab/myGym
Dec 2020 - Jan 2023
myGym is the robotic simulator. It allows to create novel multi step long horizon tasks without coding. There are automatic task building routines, where user composes long horizon actions from basic set of protoactions, that are automatically paired with rewards. There are several humanoids and robotic arms ready to train.
Contributions:7 releases, 150 commits, 22 PRs in 2 years 1 month
roboticsreinforcement-learningmulti-step-rlpick-and-placerobotic-manipulation
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