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Awards for the Best Scientific Papers

Best Paper Award in Methods and Algorithms

Actuator Nonlinear Fault-Tolerant Control of a fast-spinning quadrotor with loss of two opposing rotors
T.M.L. De Ponti, E.J.J. Smeur, and B.W.D. Remes
TU Delft, The Netherlands

Best Paper Award in Systems and Applications

Precision Home Landing for Bee-Nav Robot Navigation
Dequan Ou, Quentin Missinne, Christophe De Wagter, and Guido C.H.E. de Croon
TU Delft, The Netherlands

Finalists for the Best Paper Award in Methods and Algorithms

Variable Admittance Control for Obstacle Separation in Aerial Manipulation
Pedro H. M. Souza, Karl Stol, and Ishaq Hafez
Univ. Auckland, New Zealand


Online Wind Field Estimation for Airborne Wind Energy Systems in Circular Flight
Jakob Harzer, Felix Renard, Kim Polkläser, Dieter Moormann, and Moritz Diehl
Univ. Freiburg & Aachen, Germany


Actuator Nonlinear Fault-Tolerant Control of a fast-spinning quadrotor with loss of two opposing rotors
T.M.L. De Ponti, E.J.J. Smeur, and B.W.D. Remes
TU Delft, The Netherlands

Weitflug: A Research-Oriented Fork of Betaflight for Agile Autonomous Flight
Joel Klimont, Jakob Buchsteiner, Alexander Lampalzer, and Radu Grosu
TU Vienna, Austria

Finalists for the Best Paper Award in Systems and Applications


Weitflug: A Research-Oriented Fork of Betaflight for Agile Autonomous Flight
Joel Klimont, Jakob Buchsteiner, Alexander Lampalzer, and Radu Grosu
TU Vienna, Austria


A Structure-Aware Reactive Motion Planner for Autonomous Nano-UAV Navigation in Confined 3D Tunnels Using Minimal Range Sensing
Abner Asignacion Jr, and Satoshi Suzuki
Univ. Chiba, Japan


Downscaling Autonomous Navigation of Tiny Drones under Dense Forest Canopies
Andreas Zwanenburg, Salua Hamaza
TU Delft, The Netherlands