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Clubs & Research Groups

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Numerous domestic and international universities have clubs, teams, or research groups that specialize in the areas of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles or Aerial Robotics. More information on each group is available via that group's website, listed below.

US Institutions


Arizona State University
Unmanned Aerial Vehicle 2005 Capstone Engineering Project
Carnegie Mellon University
Autonomous Helicopter Project
Clarkson University
inflatable Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (i-UAV)
Cornell University
Cornell University Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Team
Drexel University
Closed Quarter Aerial Robotics (CQAR)
Florida Institute of Technology
Versatile Robotic Tilt-rotor for Information Gathering Operations (VERTIGO)
Georgia Institute of Technology
Georgia Tech Aerial Robotics
Georgia Tech UAV Research Facility
Georgia Tech Aerial Robotics Team
GTRI Traffic UAV
Iowa State University
Microprocessor-Controlled Aerial Robotics Team (Micro-CART)
LeTourneau University
Phoenix Project
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
PCUAV: Parent Child Unmanned Aerial Vehicle
Mesa State College
MSC Aerial Robotics
Mississippi State University
Micro Air Vehicle
New Mexico State University
Technical Analysis and Applications Center
North Carolina State University
NCSU Aerial Robotics Club
Ohio State University
The Aerial Robotics Team
Pima Community College
UAV Club
Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology
Robotics Team
South Dakota School of Mines and Technology
UAV Project (Part of CAMP - Center for Excellence and Advanced Manufacturing and Production)
Southern Polytechnic State University
GEAR General Engineering of Autonomous Robots
Stanford University
Dragonfly Project
HUMMINGBIRD Aerospace Robotics Laboratory
Texas A&M University
The Texas Buzzard
University of Arizona
Aerial Robotics Club
University of California at Berkley
BEAR: Berkeley Aerobot Team
University of Central Florida
Robotics Laboratory
University of Colorado
UAV Projects
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
UIUC Aerial Robotics Club
University of Maryland
Autonomous Vehicle Laboratory
University of Notre Dame
Micro Aerial Vehicle Development Group
University of Southern California
Autonomous Flying Vehicle Project
University of Texas at Austin
UT Aerial Robotics
University of Texas at Arlington
Autonomous Vehicles Laboratory (AVL)
University of Washington
Flight Systems Laboratory
Trans-Pacific UAV Design
Virginia Tech
Virginia Tech Autonomous Aerial Vehicle Team (AAVT)


International Institutions


Exeter University (United Kingdom)
4th Year UAV Project
Institut de Recherche en Communications et en Cybernetique de Nantes (France)
Robea-ROBVOLINT Project
Monash University (Australia)
Aerobotics Research Group at Monash
Queensland University of Technology (Australia)
QUAV
Simon Fraser University (Canada)
Helicopter Automation With Control Systems (HAWCS)
Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (Switzerland)
UAV Group (within the Measurement and Control Laboratory)
Student Research
Technische Universität Berlin (Germany)
MARVIN (Multi-purpose Aerial Robot Vehicle with Intelligent Navigation)
University of Alberta (Canada)
University of Alberta Aerial Robotics Group
University of Ottawa (Canada)
Advanced Robotic Innovations Society in Engineering (ARISE)
University of Sydney (Australia)
Research on Autonomous Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAV) and Robotic Aircraft
University of Waterloo, Canada (Canada)
Waterloo Aerial Robotics Group


Schools/Clubs Without a Website


Lehigh University
Illinois Institute of Technology
Kansas University
Mississippi State University Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) Team
Oregon State University Aerial Robotics Team
Santa Clara University Aerial Robotics Team
University of British Columbia
University of Calgary Autonomous Robotics Team
University of Toronto Aerial Robotics Club