Workshop on Advanced Aerial Robotics
Overview
This fall, DRAGON Lab is pleased to host the Advanced Aerial Robotics workshop at the University of Tokyo. Bringing together researchers and engineers, this full-day workshop will cover key aspects of aerial robotics—including hardware design, control methods, motion planning, and onboard intelligence—with a focus on enabling aerial manipulation.
Alongside invited talks and panel sessions, DRAGON Lab will present its recent work on various aerial robots and discuss potential applications in areas such as construction. The event will be held in a hybrid format: in-person participants can join us on campus and take a guided tour of DRAGON Lab, while remote attendees may participate via online platforms.
Date & Location
Date & Time
Venue
The University of Tokyo, 7-3-1, Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, Japan
https://u-tokyo-ac-jp.zoom.us/j/87158776923?pwd=Z9RLH420J5Ss1txF4hal9wQVLhfPj9.1Time Until Workshop Begins
Registration
Audience Members
If you plan to attend as an audience member only, registration is not required. Venue details for in-person attendance and the Zoom meeting link for online participation will be published on this website closer to the event date.
Contributors
Registration is required for those who wish to present their work at the workshop.
We welcome contributions in the form of either oral presentations or posters:
Oral Presentations
Presenters are kindly requested to submit a brief summary along with a 1–2 page abstract via the registration form. Selected presenters will deliver a live oral presentation during the workshop.
Poster Sessions
Participants will have the opportunity to showcase their work in poster format during the onsite session. A brief summary of the poster topic should be provided in the registration form. (Poster presentations are available to onsite participants only.)
Registration Deadline: 23:59 PM Pacific Daylight Time on September 30
Kindly be advised that participants are expected to arrange their own visas, as the organizers are unable to provide support for visa applications.
Keynote Speakers
Program
| Time (JST) | Session Details |
|---|---|
| 9:00 - 9:10 | Opening & Introduction by Moju Zhao |
| 9:10 - 9:40 | Invited Speaker (Onsite) Dr. Jeonghyun Byun
— Seoul National University Aerial Physical Interaction Strategy Considering Changes in Dynamics |
| 9:40 - 9:55 | Student Speaker (Online) Carlos Henrique Craveiro Aquino Veras
— University of São Paulo Autonomous Quadrotor Landing on Ship-Borne Oscillating Platforms |
| 9:55 - 10:10 | Student Speaker (Online) Jiaze Cai
— MIT Toward the Learning-based Control on Bird-inspired Flapping-Wing Robots |
| 10:10 - 10:25 | Student Speaker (Online) Krishna Muvva
— University of Nebraska-Lincoln Learn to Fly: Enabling Deep Learning based Perception & Control for Aerial Robots |
| 10:25 - 10:40 | Break |
| 10:40 - 11:10 | Invited Speaker (Onsite) Prof. Lin Zhao
— National University of Singapore Agile Control of Modular Aerial Robots with In-Flight Docking |
| 11:10 - 11:25 | Student Speaker (Online) Sanket Salunkhe
— Colorado School of Mines Active learning for UAV through Bayesian Inference |
| 11:25 - 11:40 | Student Speaker (Online) Lorenzo Balandi
— Inria Rennes Towards Intelligent Aerial Manipulation: Control, Learning, and Multi-Robot Collaboration |
| 11:40 - 11:55 | Student Speaker (Online) Ruiqi Zhang
— University of California, Berkeley Design and Control for Efficient Quadrotor Systems |
| 11:55 - 13:15 | Lunch Break |
| 13:15 - 14:25 | Laboratory Tour |
| 14:30 - 15:00 | Invited Speaker (Onsite) Prof. Pakpong Chirarattananon
— University of Toronto Advancing Miniature Aerial Robotics: Bio-Inspired Design and Mechanical Intelligence |
| 15:00 - 15:15 | Student Speaker (Online) Weiming Yang
— University of Macau Nonlinear Control and Trajectory Planning of a UAV-Based Inverted Pendulum System for Practical Applications |
| 15:15 - 15:30 | Student Speaker (Online) Peiwen Yang
— Hong Kong Polytechnic University Integrated Planning and Control on Manifolds: Factor Graph Representation and Toolkit |
| 15:30 - 15:45 | Break |
| 15:45 - 16:05 | Invited Speaker (Onsite) Prof. Sakahisa Nagai
— University of Tokyo Innovative Developments of Flying Mobility Pioneered by Wireless Power Transfer and Motion Control Technologies |
| 16:05 - 16:25 | Invited Speaker (Onsite) Dr. Takuzumi Nishio
— University of Tokyo Development of Aerial–Ground Cooperative Robotic Systems for Autonomous Operations in Outdoor Fields |
| 16:25 - 17:05 | Poster Session |
| 17:10 - 17:40 | Invited Speaker (Online) Prof. Salua Hamaza
— TU Delft Drones with Tactile Sensing Unlock New Paradigms in Autonomous Flight |
| 17:40 - 18:10 | Invited Speaker (Online) Prof. Basaran Bahadir Kocer
— University of Bristol Towards Minimally Invasive Environmental Sensing with Aerial Robots |
| 18:10 - 18:20 | Closing Remarks & Wrap-up |
| 18:30 - 20:30 | Reception |
Contact
Should you have any questions, please direct them to us at the following email address: web@dragon.t.u-tokyo.ac.jp