SWARM SYSTEMS LAB.
In the Swarm Systems Lab we are intrigued by the realm of swarm robotics and autonomous systems, where control theory and emergent behaviour converge. We work on formal guarantees for distributed coordination, and we fly them: swarms of fixed-wing aircraft, rotorcraft, rovers, and other autonomous robots.
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GitHub
Our code in the open. The Swarm Systems Lab's Python simulation environment used for the numerical validation of our published work.
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YouTube
Field footage, conference presentations, and research videos from the lab.
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Discord
Whether you are a seasoned researcher or just starting to explore swarm robotics, join us on Discord to exchange ideas, discuss research, and share experiences on autonomous swarms.
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From the field
- 2026-08-01
Fully autonomous Fixed-wing aerobatics (without GPS)
- 2025-08-12
Two fixed-wing drones rendezvous, fly in formation, split, and meet again
- 2025-07-27
3D square formation with four flying wings
- Welcome to our new website!
After years on Google Sites we have rebuilt it from scratch. The old one had served its purpose, but it had grown rusty: slow to load, awkward to lay out, and enough of a chore to update that news tended to pile up…
- Time to go home!
What an Asian tour this time. The Swarm Systems Lab represented by Jingy, Jesús, and Héctor, were visiting the Shanghai Jiao Tong University, the University of Hunan and the 2026 IFAC World Congress in Busan, presenting…
- Our more-than-two-years work on source seeking got accepted in the IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control!
It started as a bachelor thesis and it rapidly got out of hands. Thanks to Antonio Acuaviva, Jesús Bautista, José Hinojosa, Weijia Yao, and Juanfran!
- Two papers accepted in multi-robot systems!
The first first-author paper for one of our PhD Students of the group, Jesús Bautista. It is titled Leaderless Collective Motion in Affine Formation Control over the Complex Plane and it has an elegant formulation and…
