In recent years, unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) have gained popularity due to their
flexibility, mobility, and accessibility in various fields, including search and rescue (SAR) …

This article reviews the state-of-the-art modeling and control techniques for aerial robots
such as quadrotor systems and presents several future research directions in this area. The …

A central question in robotics is how to design a control system for an agile mobile robot.
This paper studies this question systematically, focusing on a challenging setting …

Autonomous, agile quadrotor flight raises fundamental challenges for robotics research in
terms of perception, planning, learning, and control. A versatile and standardized platform is …

Over the last decade, the use of autonomous drone systems for surveying, search and
rescue, or last-mile delivery has increased exponentially. With the rise of these applications …

Model Predictive Control (MPC) has become a popular framework in embedded control for
high-performance autonomous systems. However, to achieve good control performance …

Agile quadrotor flight in challenging environments has the potential to revolutionize
ship**, transportation, and search and rescue applications. Nonlinear model predictive …

An open research question in robotics is how to combine the benefits of model-free
reinforcement learning (RL)—known for its strong task performance and flexibility in …

Compact wearable map** system (WMS) has gained significant attention due to their
convenience in various applications. Specifically, it provides an efficient way to collect prior …

Quadrotors are highly nonlinear dynamical systems that require carefully tuned controllers to
be pushed to their physical limits. Recently, learning-based control policies have been …