2025 ICRA Workshop - Atlanta (USA) - May 23, 2025
Meeting Room: 410
ABSTRACT
This proposal is a response to numerous requests over the past year, particularly from the younger generation of aerial robotics researchers. Aerial robotics has undergone a pioneering journey, pushing the frontiers of what’s possible in our skies. Today, we celebrate and reflect on 25 years of groundbreaking innovations, challenges overcome and the remarkable advancements that have shaped this dynamic field.
Aerial robotics has embarked on a pioneering journey, continuously expanding the limits of whats possible in our skies. This workshop will bring together experts, researchers and practitioners to reflect on the evolution of aerial robotics, discuss key state-of-the-art solutions and examine its major developments and currenttrends. It will also explore future opportunities and challenges in this dynamic field. The workshop will feature a mix of invited talks and interactive panels to spark discussions and foster collaborations among participants. It will offer young researchers a platform to gain a comprehensive overview and deep understanding of the state of the art in the field while encouraging innovative research ideas and technological advancements.
CONTENT
This workshop focuses on the evolution of aerial robotics methods and technologiesin the last 25 years. This includes the evolution of the platforms, estimation andcontrol methods, perception, planning and the application of artificial intelligence. Then, the workshop objectives can be summarized as follows:
- Analyze the evolution of aerial robotics in the last 25 years.
- Identify existing challenges due to the applications and current limitations.
- Identify the opportunities due to technology evolution and the demand for aerial robotics technologies.
We bring together a diverse set of researchers from academia and industry from different and complementary areas of robotics to collaborate and inspire each other from several complementary perspectives to discuss the challenges and opportunities for the design and development of aerial robotic systems design paradigms which can contribute to design agile, safe, efficient, and effective aerialsystems.
To facilitate the desired discussions, we have assembled a distinguished group of speakers and actively encourage interactions through panel discussions and concise presentations. Following each session topic, there will be a panel session featuring the invited speakers, providing an additional opportunity for in-depth discussions and fostering increased engagement and participation.
The Workshop will start with an Introduction of the 25 years of aerial robotics followed with discussion panels, each of them consisting of short presentations delivered by distinguished researchers and finally 30 minutes with questions and discussions. The meeting will end with a young researchers panel led by the junior Associated Co-chairs of the Technical Committee and a discussion of the Technical Committee on Aerial Robotics and Unmanned Aerial Vehicles.
Committee
Anibal Ollero
Director GRVC Robotics Lab, Scientific Director of FADA-CATEC, Co-Chair IEEE TC Aerial Robotics and Unmanned Aerial Vehicles.
Giuseppe Loianno
New York University (USA), Director of the Agile Robotics and Perception Lab. Co-Chair IEEE TC Aerial Robotics and Unmanned Aerial Vehicles.
Hyoun Jin Kim
Seoul National University, Department of Aerospace Engineering and the Automation and Systems Research Institute (Korea). Co-Chair IEEE TC Aerial Robotics and Unmanned Aerial Vehicles.
Melissa Greeff
Assistant Professor in the department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at University of Toronto, Canada.
Marco Tognon
Inria researcher (ISFP) at INRIA Rennes.
Kimon P. Valavanis
John Evans Professor; Professor, Electrical & Computer Engineering. Co-Chair IEEE TC Aerial Robotics and Unmanned Aerial Vehicles