https://imrclab.github.io/workshop-uav-sims-icra2023/

We would like to inform you that the submission deadline for the extended abstract for the ICRA 2023 half-day workshop titled “The Role of Robotics Simulators for Unmanned Aerial Vehicles” has been extended by two weeks. The new deadline is April 3rd (hard deadline).

Furthermore, we have a speaker update to share with you. Jaeyoung Lim, one of PX4's core developers, will be joining us to deliver a talk on the integration of simulation in the PX4 autopilot framework and software in the loop!

Summary Workshop
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The workshop aims to provide the participants with the knowledge and experience of researchers who have struggled to find, customize, or design a robotic simulator for their own purposes or specific application. The focus is on aerial vehicles, especially multi-rotor aircraft, where we expect simulation solutions to be of continued importance for both research and industrial applications. Simulating Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) is a specialized task, because of aerodynamic interactions (with the environment or other robots), the fast operating speed compared to other robots (e.g., mobile, legged), and the potentially large number of interacting robots in three dimensions (e.g., swarms of delivery drones).

https://imrclab.github.io/workshop-uav-sims-icra2023/

Invited Speakers
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Davide Scaramuzza – University of Zürich
Angela Schoellig – Technical University of Münich
Tomáš Báča – Czech Technical University in Prague
Jaeyoung Lim – PX4 Core Developer & Ph.D. Student, ETH Zurich

Preliminary Schedule
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Friday 2nd of June

08:25 – Introduction and overview workshop
08:30 – Tomáš Báča – Abstractions and Simulations as the Backbone of Reproducible Research
09:00 – Angela Schoellig – TBD
09:30 – Coffee break
09:45 – Jaeyoung Lim – Simulating end-to-end workflows for Aerial vehicles with PX4 Software-In-The-Loop simulations (tentative)
10:15 – Davide Scaramuzza – Vision based Agile Flight, from simulation to reality
10:45 – Coffee break
11:00-  Posters contributed abstracts
11:30-  Breakout sessions
12:00-  Presentation session + Open discussion
12:20 – Final remark

Important Dates
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Abstract submission deadline: March 20th, April 3rd, 23:59 2023 (Pacific Time).
Notification to authors: April 10th, 2023
Workshop day: morning of 2nd of June 2023 (after the main conference of ICRA’23)

Organizing Committee
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Kimberly McGuire, Bitcraze AB
Giuseppe Silano, RSE S.p.A. and CTU Prague
Chiara Gabellieri, TU Twente
Wolfgang Hönig, TU Berlin

Steering Committee
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Antonio Franchi, Technical University of Twente
Martin Saska, Czech Technical University in Prague
Gianluca Antonelli, University of Cassino and Southern Lazio
Vincenzo Lippiello, University of Naples Federico II
Gurav Sukhatme, University of Southern California
Stefano Stramigioli, Technical University of Twente