Learning algorithms in aerial vehicles: Marcus Hehn at TEDxFlanders

Markus Hehn is a PhD at the Institute for Dynamic Systems and Control, ETH Zürich (Switzerland). His research lies in the field of algorithms for the control of aerial vehicles, with a specific focus on exploiting the exceptional agility of the quadrotor vehicles that are used in the Flying Machine Arena. He is interested in understanding the physical limits of how quickly these vehicles can move, real-time trajectory generation algorithms that get close to these physical limits, and complex tasks that rely on the vehicle's agility (such as balancing an inverted pendulum on a quadrocopter).
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