AI-Driven Safe Aerial Robotics Workshop at ICRA 2026
- TCs on Aerial Robotics
- 27 Apr, 2026
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- Conference
Date: Friday, June 5th, 8:30–17:00. Venue: Room Lehar 2, VIECON – Vienna Congress & Convention Center.
This schedule follows the organizer program announcement.
Schedule
| Time | Program |
|---|---|
| 8:30–9:45 | Introduction / AI Paradigms for Safety in Aerial Robotics Chair: Anibal Ollero Embodied AI on Tiny Robots | Daniele Palossi Reliable Visual Navigation, Anytime, Anywhere | Elia Kaufmann Collision Avoidance in Aerial Vehicles | Nora Ayanian |
| 9:45–10:30 | Contributed papers / Oral presentations |
| 10:30–11:00 | Coffee Break and poster session |
| 11:00–12:15 | Soft & Morphing Aerial Robotics for Safe Interaction. Chair: Hyunchul Shim Aggressive acrobatics in insect-scale aerial robots via deep-learned model predictive control | Kevin Chen Soft & Morphing Aerial Robotics for Safe Interaction | Robert Katzschmann Modular aerial robotics for physical interaction | Moju Zhao |
| 12:15–13:00 | Lunch and Meeting of the IEEE TC Aerial Robotics and Unmanned Aerial Vehicles |
| 13:00–14:15 | Bio-Inspired Intelligence and Generative Design. Chair: Raphael Zufferey Unlocking the potential of unconventional aerial robots | Sophie Armanini Generative Bio-Inspired Design for Adaptive Morphing Robots | Barbara Mazzolai Bio-Inspired Strategies for Agile and Resilient Miniature Aerial Robotics | Pakpong Chirarattananon |
| 14:15–15:30 | From Safety Research to Deployment. Chair: Giuseppe Loianno De-risking Autonomy: Leonardo’s approach to safe and reliable autonomous systems | Fabrizio Schiano Toward Physical AI: Autonomy, Collaboration, and Language-Guided Behavior in Robotic Systems | Vijay Kumar Bio-inspired AI for inherently safe, lightweight flying robots | Guido De Croon Large-Scale Drone Swarm for Aerial Entertainment: Lessons Learned from Hundreds to Thousands of Units | Hyun Lim |
| 15:30–16:00 | Coffee Break and poster session |
| 16:00–16:45 | Panel: Ethics & Regulation Panel. Chair: run by students (with the help of Marco Tognon) Suchet Bargoti, Skydo. Moiz Khan, PhD, Mathworks. Ramón Roche, Executive Director of the Dronecode Foundation. |
| 16:45–17:00 | Final Remarks |