This work presents a review and discussion of the challenges that must be solved in order to
successfully develop swarms of Micro Air Vehicles (MAVs) for real world operations. From …

Swarms of tiny flying robots hold great potential for exploring unknown, indoor
environments. Their small size allows them to move in narrow spaces, and their light weight …

The world is becoming more digitized with the rise of modular robotic systems. Therefore,
with the increasing demands and needs for robotics, the modular robotic domain was …

Applications of aerial robots are progressively expanding into complex urban and natural
environments. Despite remarkable advancements in the field, robotic rotorcraft is still …

Considering the problem of rapid collection and reliable transmission of emergency
information, as well as the emergency response missions and natural environment …

Understanding forest functioning is limited by the scalability of monitoring solutions and
difficulty of access. Manual sensor placement can reach most locations but lacks scalability …

This work presents the design, hardware realization, autonomous exploration and object
detection capabilities of RMF-Owl, a new collision-tolerant aerial robot tailored for resilient …

Access and exploration of confined and cluttered spaces is a major challenge in search and
rescue, maintenance of infrastructures, and environmental monitoring. However, existing …

Collision detection and recovery for aerial robots remain a challenge because of the limited
space for sensors and local stability of the flight controller. We introduce a novel collision …

Despite efforts to circumvent and alleviate the impact of a mid-flight collision, it remains
extremely challenging to safeguard a multirotor vehicle when it operates in cluttered …