Smart Drones for Search and Rescue Missions
What does it take for drones not only to fly completely autonomously, but also to do so faster and more safely than when controlled by humans? Learn how robots learn to “see” and react, and how they might be used in the future.
How can a drone find its way, understand its surroundings and react in a fraction of a second? At the Robotics and Perception Group’s booth, meet the flying robots that help us explore these questions.
See our drones up close, discover current projects through accessible posters and talk with the researchers behind the technology. Our work brings together robotics, computer vision and artificial intelligence to create autonomous machines that navigate using onboard cameras and computation, without GPS or external tracking systems.
We investigate agile flight, drone racing, learning-based control, visual navigation and event cameras, which capture changes in a scene with exceptional speed. These technologies could one day support safer inspection, exploration and search-and-rescue missions.
Whether you love robotics or are simply curious about how machines learn to see and act, come ask questions and discover how sophisticated research moves from an idea to a real robot in flight.
