We are witnessing the advent of a new era of robots—drones—that can autonomously fly in
natural and man-made environments. These robots, often associated with defence …

Self-organised emergent patterns can be widely seen in natural and man-made complex
systems generated by interactions among local components without external or global …

Aerial robots are widely deployed, but highly cluttered environments such as dense forests
remain inaccessible to drones and even more so to swarms of drones. In these scenarios …

Many fish species gather by the thousands and swim in harmony with seemingly no effort.
Large schools display a range of impressive collective behaviors, from simple shoaling to …

We address a fundamental issue of collective motion of aerial robots: how to ensure that
large flocks of autonomous drones seamlessly navigate in confined spaces. The numerous …

We define a system architecture for a large swarm of miniature quadcopters flying in dense
formation indoors. The large number of small vehicles motivates novel design choices for …

Classical models of aerial swarms often describe global coordinated motion as the
combination of local interactions that happen at the individual level. Mathematically, these …

Swarms of tiny flying robots hold great potential for exploring unknown, indoor
environments. Their small size allows them to move in narrow spaces, and their light weight …

We present the first decentralized multi-copter flock that performs stable autonomous
outdoor flight with up to 10 flying agents. By decentralized and autonomous we mean that all …

In the past two decades, unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) have demonstrated their efficacy
in supporting both military and civilian applications, where tasks can be dull, dirty …