Education

• Director of a new 3-year engineering specialty in Robotics since 2021.


• Head of International Master EIT Digital "Autonomous Systems since 2019.

Editorial Board

Doctoral Thesis Supervision

Main Supervisor of the Following Projects

1. "Design and Stability Analysis of Adaptive Controllers", Dalim Wahby, Master thesis, Feb. 2024 - Jul. 2024
2. "Modeling and Flight Control of a Hybrid VTOL Unmanned Aircraft", Marco Schlatter, Master thesis, May 2023 - Jan. 2024
3. "Analysis of Selected Neural-network-based Controllers and Applications, Marcel Dubach, Master Thesis, March - Sept. 2022
4. "Machine Learning Control for Hybrid VTOL Unmanned Aerial Vehicles", Gregorio Carughi, Master Thesis , Sept. 2021 - Mar. 2022
5. "Application of Self-tuning Controllers to Payload Transport", Colin Merk, Bachelor Thesis, , August - Nov. 2021
6. "Neural-network-based Control: Application to a Nonlinear System," Griffin Norris, Bachelor Thesis, , April - August 2021
7. "A Survey of Stability-Analysis Methods, Properties, and Discussions," Griffin Norris Studies on Mechatronics, , March - April 2021
8. "Application of Machine Learning to Self-Tuning Controllers," Micha Bosshart, Bachelor Thesis, , Mar. 2021 - July 21.
9. "Simulation of a Case Study: PID Controller Tuning Using a Simple Machine Learning Approach," Micha Bosshart, Studies on Mechatronics, Feb - March 2021.
10. "Iterative Machine Learning for Trajectory Planning and High-level Control of VTOL Aircraft", O. Forster, Semester Thesis, , September 2020 - January 2021.
11. "Control Allocation for a VTOL Aircraft," L. Spannagl, Semester Thesis, , September 2019 - January 2020.
12. "Adaptive Flight Control for a Multirotor Helicopter," P. Kryenbuhl, Master Thesis, , April 2019 - October 2019.
13. "Control Allocation for a Multirotor Helicopter," P. Kryenbuhl, Semester Thesis, , September 2018 - January 2019.
14. "From the laser scan to the map," L. Bauersfeld, Bachelor Thesis, , February 2018 - July 2018.
15. "Adaptive Flight Control: Allocation and Strategies, Application to a multirotor helicopter," F. Baumann, Bachelor Thesis, , February 2018 - July 2018.
16. "Indoor navigation, control and control allocation for multirotors," L. Bauersfeld, Lukas Spannagl, Studies on Mechatronics, , September 2017 - December 2017.
17. "Modeling, Control and Simulation of a Multirotor Helicopter," Y. Deviragh, Bachelor Thesis, , 23 February - August 16th, 2017
18. "Design of a New Obstacle Detection Scanner & Collision Avoidance Strategy," J. Fonjallaz, Master Thesis, , October - March 2017.
19. "Development of a Vision-based Fault Detection Algorithm for an Unmanned Aerial Vehicle," Simlinger Benedict, , Master Thesis, April - November 2016.
20. "Simple obstacle scanner design," Fonjallaz Joran, , Semester Project, March - June 2016.
21. "Sensor Fault Detection for UAVs," Philipp Kryenbuhl, , Bachelor Thesis, March - June 2016.
22. "Design of a UAV Propeller Testbench," Robin Narbey, Marie Boyer, Jimmy Alibert, Semester Project, Polytech'Nice/I3S, November 2015 - June 2016.
23. "Design of an Air-flow Angle Sensor for a UAV," Camille Aubert, Rozen Tasse, Iman-Maria Naitijja, Semester Project, Polytech'Nice/I3S, November 2014 - June 2015.
24. "Robust Fixed WIng Controller Against Actuator Faults," Lukas Mosimann, Master Thesis, I3S France/ , February - August 2014.
25. Coupe de France de Robotique, Astorgis Alexandre, Barbero Laurent, Bousiane Ibtissam, Dickman Zachary, Joanno Yann, Laurent Valentin, Semester Project, Polytech'Nice/I3S, November 2013 - June 2014.
26. "Improvements and Automation of a Test-bench for an Aircraft Airspeed Sensor," Giannini Marion, Vincent Fagot, Barrot Jean-Baptiste, Semester Project, Polytech'Nice/I3S, November 2013 - June 2014.
27. "Design of a Sensor for the Measurement of Angle-of-attack and Sideslip Angle on a UAV," Hochart Alexandre, Blanco Jeremy, Medina Audrey, Semester Project, Polytech'Nice/I3S, November 2013 - June 2014.
28. "Design of a Test-bench for an Aircraft Airspeed Sensor," Julien Cellier, Engineering Internship, I3S France, July-August 2013.
29. "Design of an Avionic Suite for a Small UAV," Ludovic Miranda, Engineering Internship, I3S France, July-August 2013.
30. "Ground Control Station and Onboard Data Management for a Small UAV," Arnaud Ruiz, Engineering Internship, I3S France, July-August 2013.
31. "Development of a Graphical User Interface for the Balancing Arm System," Nima Soroush and Kiran Roy, Engineering Internship. UNSA-I3S France, March-June 2013.
32. "Control Allocation Strategies for a Multi-rotor Type Helicopter", Thomas Schneider, Master Thesis, ETHZ/UNSA, June - December 2011.
33. "Development of Control Algorithms for the Tele-Operation of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles," Mark Mueller, Engineering Internship, ETHZ/UNSA, April 2011-July 2011.
34. "Robust Attitude Estimation and Control of a UAV," Konrad Rudin, Master Thesis, ETHZ/UNSA, March--August 2010. Award: ETH Medal for the Master Work .
35. Flying Machine Arena, Team Leader, 2008-2009, ETH Zurich, http://www.idsc.ethz.ch/Research_DAndrea/FMA/participants
36. "Automatic Tuning of Flight Controllers," Mark Mueller, Semester Project, ETH Zurich, September--December 2010.
37. "On-line Parameter Identification of a Quadrotor," C. Wegmuller, Master Thesis, ETH Zurich, June--December 2009.
38. "Self-Charging Stations for Flying Vehicles," A. Chernov, Semester Project, ETH Zurich, June 2008.
39. "Modelling and Control Design of an Unmanned Airship," Peter Sax and Raphael Zimmermann, Bachelor Thesis, ETH Zurich, July 2007.
40. "Data Acquisition System for a UAV," Aldo Zgraggen, Bachelor Thesis, ETH Zurich, July 2007.
41. "Data Acquisition System for the UAV Mini Control Unit," Remo Muller, Semester Project, ETH Zurich, January 2007.
42. "Implementation of a Navigation Algorithm for a Small UAV," J. C. Metzger, Bachelor Thesis, ETH Zurich, July 2006.
43. "On-line Trajectory Reconfiguration," Aron Blaesi, Bachelor Thesis, ETH Zurich, July 2006.
44. "UAV Mini Control Unit Design," Michael Schatt and Manuel Raeber, Bachelor Thesis, ETH Zurich, February 2006.
45. "Simplified Fault-Tolerant Algorithms for Embedded Application in UAVs," Ghislain Fourny, Semester Project, ETH Zurich, February 2006.
46. "High Performance Control Unit for a UAV," Florian Doerfler, Master of Science Thesis, ETH Zurich, September 2005.
47. "Software Design for a Mini Control Unit for UAVs," David Keller and Andreas Just, Bachelor Thesis, ETH Zurich, July 2005.
48. "Design of a Controller for a Redundant Actuator System on UAVs," Andreas Horni, Bachelor Thesis, ETH Zurich, July 2005.
49. "Fault-Tolerant Control and Fault Detection for Unmanned Aerial Vehicles," Daniel Rupp, Master of Science Thesis, ETH Zurich, February 2005.

Invitations

Invitations as (co-)chairman

• Organizer and chairman of the invited session on "Unmanned Aerial Vehicles: Modeling and Control" at the IEEE Mediterranean Conference on Control and Automation, Saint Raphael, France, 16 - 18 September 2020.
• Organizer and chairman of the invited session on Unmanned Aerial Vehicles: Modeling and State Estimation, at the IEEE Multi-conference on Systems and Control (MSC), Antibes, France, 8 - 10 October 2014.
• Session co-chair at the IEEE/RSJ 2008 International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems, Nice, France, September 2008.
• Session chair at the International Conference on Informatics in Control, Automation and Robotics, Angers, France, May 2007

Reviewer of Papers Submitted to (non-exhaustive list):

1. IEEE Transactions on Control System Technologies
2. Journal of Field Robotics
3. IEEE Robotics and Automation Magazine
4. IEEE Transactions on Robotics
5. IEEE Transactions on Aerospace and Electronic Systems
6. European Journal of Control
7. Elsevier Journal of Robotics and Autonomous Systems
8. Elsevier Journal of Aerospace Science and Technology
9. IET Control Theory & Applications
10. Wiley International Journal of Adaptive Control and Signal Processing
11. Control Engineering Practice
12. Chinese Journal of Aeronautics
13. International Conference on Unmanned Aircraft Systems
14. IEEE International Conference on Control and Fault Tolerant Systems (Systol).
15. IEEE American Control Conference (ACC)
16. IEEE Mediteranean Control Conference (MED)
17. IFAC World Congress
18. IEEE Conference on Control Applications (CCA)

Reviewer of Book Proposals Submitted to:

1. Springer
2. Wiley