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Flights, papers, conferences and everything in between.
2025
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Scaling Up!!
Scaling up in aerial robotics is no easy task—not only in terms of algorithms, hardware, and software, but also in logistics, operations, and mission control. Today, we successfully flew a squad of…
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ICRA 2025
I had a great time attending ICRA 2025 in Atlanta. This year, I had the pleasure of presenting our latest research: "Inverse Kinematics on Guiding Vector Fields for Robot Path Following". It was a…
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Strong crosswinds? No problem
Strong crosswinds? No problem. Watch as our fully autonomous fixed-wing drone navigates through strong crosswinds with remarkable stability and control. Thanks to our custom guidance system, the…
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The Inverse Kinematics (IK) GVF
I'll be presenting at the 2025 IEEE International Conference on Robotics & Automation (ICRA) our latest research work: Yu Zhou, Jesús Bautista Villar, Weijia Yao, Hector Garcia de Marina, "Inverse…
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2024
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CDC 2024
Last week, I had the incredible opportunity to attend the CDC 2024 in Milano, where I presented our work, "Resilient Source Seeking with Robot Swarms". It was my first time at CDC, and I was thrilled…
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Flying over a weather station on a lake
Today, we flew over a calibrated weather station on a nearby lake to take scientific data. This experiment will assist a team of physicists at the University of Granada to estimate the local wind…
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MRS Summer School 2024
I recently attended the MRS Summer School 2024, where I had the incredible opportunity to meet numerous PhD students and professionals in the field of Multi-Robot Systems. Additionally, I had the…
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CITIC Coffee 2024
Today was the annual CITIC Coffee event, where the entire researcher community of CITIC UGR gathered to present their work and engage in discussions regarding their last scientific advancements and…
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Presenting my work at ICRA 2024
Today, I had the opportunity to present our latest work "Behavioral-based circular formation control for robot swarms" at ICRA 2024 during the "Multi-Robot Systems V" session.
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Another cool day with the rovers
Today we were back at the airfield, but this time to test our new "Behavioral-based circular formation control for robot swarms" with our fleet of M0mOmoNster trucks. The first steps to get this…
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My first ICRA ^_^
I am excited to share that our paper "Behavioral-based circular formation control for robot swarms" has been accepted at ICRA 2024!! 🍣 In this paper, we explore how a swarm of robots can orbit a…
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2023
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We are on the TV!!
The regional TV channel Canal Sur joined us during a flight day to record a science documentary about our current research in the field of imperfect robot swarms. They asked us a bundle of…
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My first steps in geometric control
I am currently delving into 3D heading controllers in SO(3). My final objective is to formally prove that our resilient source-seeking algorithm for robot swarms is effective when the dynamics of the…
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Jin Chen joins us in a flight day
Such a cool flight day!! The Ph.D. Student Jin Chen comes to visit us from the University of Groningen. We not only exchanged ideas about formation control but also paid a visit to the flying club…
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My first scientific poster presentation!!
We presented our last work "Resilient source seeking with robot swarms" at CITIC Coffee 2023. This event was thoughtfully organized by the Research Centre for Information and Communication…
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