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News, Robots

MAVLab wins the AlphaPilot AI challenge

Posted onDecember 9, 2019November 4, 2020

We are very proud to officially announce that we have won the AlphaPilot Drone Racing Innovation challenge!

News, Robots

Swarm of tiny drones explores unknown environments

Posted onOctober 23, 2019October 28, 2019

Our latest paper in Science Robotics presents the first swarm of tiny robots that can explore unknown environments completely by themselves. No map, no memory, and no GPS!

News, Robots

Pelican drone ensures super quick water sampling

Posted onSeptember 25, 2019December 4, 2019

researchers from TU Delft have developed a ‘pelican drone’: a drone capable of taking water samples quickly, in combination with a measuring instrument that immediately analyses the water quality.

News, Research

Robust indoor flight by a team of small drones

Posted onMarch 5, 2019April 29, 2019

Teams of autonomous drones could be used in rescue missions, exploration, and more. How can we enable them to fly together safely? We are working …

News, Research

A novel algorithm for emergent patterns by swarms of simple robots

Posted onFebruary 13, 2019April 29, 2019

Small robots have limited perception and processing power. This is an inconvenient truth that we have to deal with. With swarm intelligence, however, we can …

DelFly Nimble
Competitions, Research

MAVLAB off to IMAV 2018

Posted onNovember 12, 2018February 13, 2019

Next week, the MAVLab will be off to the 10th International Micro Air Vehicle Competition and Conference, which will take place in the beautiful Melbourne …

Projects, Research

Pelican Drone

Posted onOctober 31, 2018September 12, 2019

Besides dikes, the Netherlands are well known for its many lakes and rivers. It is difficult and labor intensive to properly monitor them all, even …

Robots

DelFly Nimble

Posted onSeptember 13, 2018November 16, 2019

The DelFly Nimble, a new bio-inspired robot developed by MAVLab and employed for insect-flight research, is featured on the cover of the September 14 issue …

Research

Paper: Towards a swarm with pocket drones – IROS 2017

Posted onOctober 20, 2017February 17, 2021