Keynote speakers
Plenary talks from researchers working on biological flight, learned state estimation and autonomy in hard environments.
Plenary
Prof. Marco Pavone
Associate Professor of Aeronautics and Astronautics
Stanford University and NVIDIA
Talk
Autonomous aerial navigation under deep uncertainty: from Mars to Earth
Recent advances in stochastic control, neural scene representations and real-time motion planning for agile micro aerial vehicles flying through unknown, high-risk environments.
Plenary
Prof. Guido de Croon
Professor of Bio-inspired Micro Air Vehicles
Delft University of Technology
Talk
Bio-inspired autonomy: tiny drones navigating like insects
How palm-sized drones can fly robustly on micro-watt neuromorphic processors, and what insect optical flow, flapping kinematics and lightweight sensor fusion teach us.
Opening keynote
Dr. Caio Fonseca
Director, Aeronautical Systems Laboratory
São Carlos School of Engineering (EESC-USP)
Talk
Building resilient UAV systems for tropical biomes
Regional aerodynamic challenges, drone deployments for biodiversity conservation and the state of aerospace research in Brazil.