Christophe De Wagter

83 papers A* 11A 7Journal 63Unranked 2
YearRankTypeTitle / Venue / Authors
2026 J jnl
MonoRace: Winning Champion-Level Drone Racing with Robust Monocular AI.
CoRR
Stavrow Bahnam, Robin Ferede, Till M. Blaha, Anton E. Lang, Erin Lucassen, Quentin Missinne, Aderik Verraest, Christophe De Wagter, Guido C. H. E. de Croon
2025 J jnl
A review on flapping-wing robots: Recent progress and challenges.
Int. J. Robotics Res.
Saeed Rafee Nekoo, Ramy Rashad, Christophe De Wagter, Sawyer B. Fuller, Guido de Croon, Stefano Stramigioli, Aníbal Ollero
2025 J jnl
Breaking the Circle: An Autonomous Control-Switching Strategy for Stable Orographic Soaring in MAVs.
CoRR
Sunyou Hwang, Christophe De Wagter, Bart Remes, Guido de Croon
2025 J jnl
Depth Transfer: Learning to See Like a Simulator for Real-World Drone Navigation.
CoRR
Hang Yu, Christophe De Wagter, Guido C. H. E. de Croon
2025 J jnl
Depth Transfer: Learning to See Like a Simulator for Real-World Drone Navigation.
IEEE Robotics Autom. Lett.
Hang Yu, Christophe De Wagter, Guido C. H. E. de Croon
2025 J jnl
MAVRL: Learn to Fly in Cluttered Environments With Varying Speed.
IEEE Robotics Autom. Lett.
Hang Yu, Christophe De Wagter, Guido C. H. E. de Croon
2025 J jnl
Multi-objective Evolution of Drone Morphology.
CoRR
Elijah H. W. Ang, Christophe De Wagter, Guido C. H. E. de Croon
2025 J jnl
Neuromorphic Attitude Estimation and Control.
IEEE Robotics Autom. Lett.
Stein Stroobants, Christophe De Wagter, Guido C. H. E. de Croon
2025 J jnl
Onboard Ranging-Based Relative Localization and Stability for Lightweight Aerial Swarms.
IEEE Robotics Autom. Lett.
Shushuai Li, Feng Shan, Jiangpeng Liu, Mario Coppola, Christophe De Wagter, Guido C. H. E. de Croon
2025 A* conf
One Net to Rule Them All: Domain Randomization in Quadcopter Racing Across Different Platforms.
ICRA
Robin Ferede, Till M. Blaha, Erin Lucassen, Christophe De Wagter, Guido C. H. E. de Croon
2025 J jnl
One Net to Rule Them All: Domain Randomization in Quadcopter Racing Across Different Platforms.
CoRR
Robin Ferede, Till M. Blaha, Erin Lucassen, Christophe De Wagter, Guido C. H. E. de Croon
2025 A conf
Self-Supervised Monocular Visual Drone Model Identification through Improved Occlusion Handling.
IROS
Stavrow Bahnam, Christophe De Wagter, Guido C. H. E. de Croon
2025 J jnl
Self-Supervised Monocular Visual Drone Model Identification through Improved Occlusion Handling.
CoRR
Stavrow Bahnam, Christophe De Wagter, Guido C. H. E. de Croon
2025 J jnl
SkyDreamer: Interpretable End-to-End Vision-Based Drone Racing with Model-Based Reinforcement Learning.
CoRR
Aderik Verraest, Stavrow Bahnam, Robin Ferede, Guido de Croon, Christophe De Wagter
2024 J jnl
Editorial - Special Issue on Advancing Micro Air Vehicle Technologies: Selected Papers from IMAV 2022.
Unmanned Syst.
Guido C. H. E. de Croon, Christophe De Wagter
2024 A* conf
End-to-end Reinforcement Learning for Time-Optimal Quadcopter Flight.
ICRA
Robin Ferede, Christophe De Wagter, Dario Izzo, Guido C. H. E. de Croon
2024 J jnl
End-to-end neural network based optimal quadcopter control.
Robotics Auton. Syst.
Robin Ferede, Guido de Croon, Christophe De Wagter, Dario Izzo
2024 J jnl
Improving the Computational Efficiency of ROVIO.
Unmanned Syst.
Stavrow Bahnam, Christophe De Wagter, Guido C. H. E. de Croon
2024 J jnl
MAVRL: Learn to Fly in Cluttered Environments with Varying Speed.
CoRR
Hang Yu, Christophe De Wagter, Guido C. H. E. de Croon
2024 J jnl
Neuromorphic Attitude Estimation and Control.
CoRR
Stein Stroobants, Christophe De Wagter, Guido C. H. E. de Croon
2024 J jnl
Optimality principles in spacecraft neural guidance and control.
Sci. Robotics
Dario Izzo, Emmanuel Blazquez, Robin Ferede, Sebastien Origer, Christophe De Wagter, Guido C. H. E. de Croon
2024 J jnl
Visual route following for tiny autonomous robots.
Sci. Robotics
Tom van Dijk, Christophe De Wagter, Guido C. H. E. de Croon
2023 J jnl
An Adaptive Control Strategy for Neural Network based Optimal Quadcopter Controllers.
CoRR
Robin Ferede, Guido C. H. E. de Croon, Christophe De Wagter, Dario Izzo
2023 A* conf
AvoidBench: A high-fidelity vision-based obstacle avoidance benchmarking suite for multi-rotors.
ICRA
Hang Yu, Guido C. H. E. de Croon, Christophe De Wagter
2023 J jnl
AvoidBench: A high-fidelity vision-based obstacle avoidance benchmarking suite for multi-rotors.
CoRR
Hang Yu, Guido C. H. E. de Croon, Christophe De Wagter
2023 J jnl
End-to-end Reinforcement Learning for Time-Optimal Quadcopter Flight.
CoRR
Robin Ferede, Christophe De Wagter, Dario Izzo, Guido C. H. E. de Croon
2023 J jnl
Guidance & Control Networks for Time-Optimal Quadcopter Flight.
CoRR
Sebastien Origer, Christophe De Wagter, Robin Ferede, Guido C. H. E. de Croon, Dario Izzo
2023 — conf
Neuromorphic Control using Input-Weighted Threshold Adaptation.
ICONS
Stein Stroobants, Christophe De Wagter, Guido de Croon
2023 J jnl
Neuromorphic Control using Input-Weighted Threshold Adaptation.
CoRR
Stein Stroobants, Christophe De Wagter, Guido C. H. E. de Croon
2023 J jnl
Optimality Principles in Spacecraft Neural Guidance and Control.
CoRR
Dario Izzo, Emmanuel Blazquez, Robin Ferede, Sebastien Origer, Christophe De Wagter, Guido C. H. E. de Croon
2023 A* conf
Taming Contrast Maximization for Learning Sequential, Low-latency, Event-based Optical Flow.
ICCV
Federico Paredes-Vallés, Kirk Y. W. Scheper, Christophe De Wagter, Guido C. H. E. de Croon
2023 J jnl
Taming Contrast Maximization for Learning Sequential, Low-latency, Event-based Optical Flow.
CoRR
Federico Paredes-Vallés, Kirk Y. W. Scheper, Christophe De Wagter, Guido C. H. E. de Croon
2022 A* conf
An Experimental Study of Wind Resistance and Power Consumption in MAVs with a Low-Speed Multi-Fan Wind System.
ICRA
Diana A. Olejnik, Sunyi Wang, Julien Dupeyroux, Stein Stroobants, Matej Karásek, Christophe De Wagter, Guido de Croon
2022 J jnl
An Experimental Study of Wind Resistance and Power Consumption in MAVs with a Low-Speed Multi-Fan Wind System.
CoRR
Diana A. Olejnik, Sunyi Wang, Julien Dupeyroux, Stein Stroobants, Matej Karásek, Christophe De Wagter, Guido de Croon
2022 J jnl
Battle the Wind: Improving Flight Stability of a Flapping Wing Micro Air Vehicle Under Wind Disturbance With Onboard Thermistor-Based Airflow Sensing.
IEEE Robotics Autom. Lett.
Sunyi Wang, Diana A. Olejnik, Christophe De Wagter, Bas W. van Oudheusden, Guido de Croon, Salua Hamaza
2022 J jnl
Efficient Bang-Bang Model Predictive Control for Quadcopters.
Unmanned Syst.
Jelle Westenberger, Christophe De Wagter, Guido C. H. E. de Croon
2022 J jnl
Flying Into the Wind: Insects and Bio-Inspired Micro-Air-Vehicles With a Wing-Stroke Dihedral Steer Passively Into Wind-Gusts.
Frontiers Robotics AI
Diana A. Olejnik, Florian T. Muijres, Matej Karásek, Leonardo Honfi Camilo, Christophe De Wagter, Guido C. H. E. de Croon
2022 A* conf
Self-supervised Monocular Multi-robot Relative Localization with Efficient Deep Neural Networks.
ICRA
Shushuai Li, Christophe De Wagter, Guido C. H. E. de Croon
2022 J jnl
The sensing, state-estimation, and control behind the winning entry to the 2019 Artificial Intelligence Robotic Racing Competition.
Field Robotics
Christophe De Wagter, Federico Paredes-Vallés, Nilay Sheth, Guido de Croon
2021 J jnl
A Computationally Efficient Moving Horizon Estimator for Ultra-Wideband Localization on Small Quadrotors.
IEEE Robotics Autom. Lett.
Sven Pfeiffer, Christophe De Wagter, Guido C. H. E. de Croon
2021 J jnl
Enhancing optical-flow-based control by learning visual appearance cues for flying robots.
Nat. Mach. Intell.
Guido C. H. E. de Croon, Christophe De Wagter, Tobias Seidl
2021 J jnl
Learning fast in autonomous drone racing.
Nat. Mach. Intell.
Christophe De Wagter, Federico Paredes-Vallés, Nilay Sheth, Guido de Croon
2021 J jnl
Self-supervised Monocular Multi-robot Relative Localization with Efficient Deep Neural Networks.
CoRR
Shushuai Li, Christophe De Wagter, Guido C. H. E. de Croon
2021 J jnl
The Artificial Intelligence behind the winning entry to the 2019 AI Robotic Racing Competition.
CoRR
Christophe De Wagter, Federico Paredes-Vallés, Nilay Sheth, Guido de Croon
2020 J jnl
A Survey on Swarming With Micro Air Vehicles: Fundamental Challenges and Constraints.
Frontiers Robotics AI
Mario Coppola, Kimberly N. McGuire, Christophe De Wagter, Guido C. H. E. de Croon
2020 A* conf
Aggressive Online Control of a Quadrotor via Deep Network Representations of Optimality Principles.
ICRA
Shuo Li, Ekin Öztürk, Christophe De Wagter, Guido C. H. E. de Croon, Dario Izzo
2020 J jnl
An autonomous swarm of micro flying robots with range-based relative localization.
CoRR
Shushuai Li, Mario Coppola, Christophe De Wagter, Guido C. H. E. de Croon
2020 J jnl
Autonomous drone race: A computationally efficient vision-based navigation and control strategy.
Robotics Auton. Syst.
Shuo Li, Michaël M. O. I. Ozo, Christophe De Wagter, Guido C. H. E. de Croon
2020 J jnl
Design and Testing of a Vertical Take-Off and Landing UAV Optimized for Carrying a Hydrogen Fuel Cell with a Pressure Tank.
Unmanned Syst.
Christophe De Wagter, Bart Remes, Rick Ruijsink, Freek van Tienen, Erik van der Horst
2020 J jnl
Fault Tolerant Control of Multirotor UAV for Piloted Outdoor Flights.
CoRR
A. Narasimhan, C. C. de Visser, Christophe De Wagter, M. Rischmueller
2020 J jnl
The NederDrone: A hybrid lift, hybrid energy hydrogen UAV.
CoRR
Christophe De Wagter, Bart Remes, Ewoud J. J. Smeur, Freek van Tienen, Rick Ruijsink, Kevin van Hecke, Erik van der Horst
2020 J jnl
Visual model-predictive localization for computationally efficient autonomous racing of a 72-g drone.
J. Field Robotics
Shuo Li, Erik van der Horst, Philipp Duernay, Christophe De Wagter, Guido C. H. E. de Croon
2019 J jnl
Aggressive Online Control of a Quadrotor via Deep Network Representations of Optimality Principles.
CoRR
Shuo Li, Ekin Öztürk, Christophe De Wagter, Guido C. H. E. de Croon, Dario Izzo
2019 J jnl
Challenges and implemented technologies used in autonomous drone racing.
Intell. Serv. Robotics
Hyungpil Moon, José Martínez-Carranza, Titus Cieslewski, Matthias Faessler, Davide Falanga, Alessandro Simovic, Davide Scaramuzza, Shuo Li, Michaël M. O. I. Ozo, Christophe De Wagter, Guido de Croon, Sunyou Hwang, Sunggoo Jung, Hyunchul Shim, Haeryang Kim, Minhyuk Park, Tsz-Chiu Au, Si Jung Kim
2019 J jnl
Minimal navigation solution for a swarm of tiny flying robots to explore an unknown environment.
Sci. Robotics
Kimberly McGuire, Christophe De Wagter, Karl Tuyls, H. J. Kappen, Guido C. H. E. de Croon
2019 J jnl
Unsupervised Tuning of Filter Parameters Without Ground-Truth Applied to Aerial Robots.
IEEE Robotics Autom. Lett.
Shushuai Li, Christophe De Wagter, Guido C. H. E. de Croon
2019 J jnl
Visual Model-predictive Localization for Computationally Efficient Autonomous Racing of a 72-gram Drone.
CoRR
Shuo Li, Erik van der Horst, Philipp Duernay, Christophe De Wagter, Guido C. H. E. de Croon
2018 J jnl
Autonomous drone race: A computationally efficient vision-based navigation and control strategy.
CoRR
Shuo Li, Michaël M. O. I. Ozo, Christophe De Wagter, Guido C. H. E. de Croon
2018 A conf
Challenges of Autonomous Flight in Indoor Environments.
IROS
Guido de Croon, Christophe De Wagter
2018 J jnl
Design, control, and visual navigation of the DelftaCopter VTOL tail-sitter UAV.
J. Field Robotics
Christophe De Wagter, Rick Ruijsink, Ewoud J. J. Smeur, Kevin van Hecke, Freek van Tienen, Erik van der Horst, Bart D. W. Remes
2018 A* conf
First Autonomous Multi-Room Exploration with an Insect-Inspired Flapping Wing Vehicle.
ICRA
Kirk Y. W. Scheper, Matej Karásek, Christophe De Wagter, Bart D. W. Remes, Guido C. H. E. de Croon
2018 J jnl
Learning what is above and what is below: horizon approach to monocular obstacle detection.
CoRR
Guido de Croon, Christophe De Wagter
2018 J jnl
Optical-flow based self-supervised learning of obstacle appearance applied to MAV landing.
Robotics Auton. Syst.
Hann Woei Ho, Christophe De Wagter, B. D. W. Remes, Guido C. H. E. de Croon
2018 J jnl
Quadrotor Thrust Vectoring Control with Time and Jerk Optimal Trajectory Planning in Constant Wind Fields.
Unmanned Syst.
João Paulo Silva, Christophe De Wagter, Guido de Croon
2017 J jnl
Design, Control and Visual Navigation of the DelftaCopter.
CoRR
Christophe De Wagter, Rick Ruijsink, Ewoud J. J. Smeur, Kevin van Hecke, Freek van Tienen, Erik van der Horst, Bart Remes
2017 J jnl
Efficient Optical Flow and Stereo Vision for Velocity Estimation and Obstacle Avoidance on an Autonomous Pocket Drone.
IEEE Robotics Autom. Lett.
Kimberly McGuire, Guido de Croon, Christophe De Wagter, Karl Tuyls, Hilbert J. Kappen
2017 J jnl
Obstacle Avoidance Strategy using Onboard Stereo Vision on a Flapping Wing MAV.
IEEE Trans. Robotics
Sjoerd Tijmons, Guido C. H. E. de Croon, Bart D. W. Remes, Christophe De Wagter, Max Mulder
2017 A conf
Towards autonomous navigation of multiple pocket-drones in real-world environments.
IROS
Kimberly McGuire, Mario Coppola, Christophe De Wagter, Guido de Croon
2016 A conf
A novel online model-based wind estimation approach for quadrotor micro air vehicles using low cost MEMS IMUs.
IROS
L. N. C. Sikkel, Guido C. H. E. de Croon, Christophe De Wagter, Qiping Chu
2016 J jnl
Efficient Optical flow and Stereo Vision for Velocity Estimation and Obstacle Avoidance on an Autonomous Pocket Drone.
CoRR
Kimberly McGuire, Guido de Croon, Christophe De Wagter, Karl Tuyls, Hilbert J. Kappen
2016 J jnl
First free-flight flow visualisation of a flapping-wing robot.
CoRR
Matej Karásek, Mustafa Percin, Torbjørn Cunis, Bas W. van Oudheusden, Christophe De Wagter, Bart D. W. Remes, Guido C. H. E. de Croon
2016 J jnl
Local Histogram Matching for Efficient Optical Flow Computation Applied to Velocity Estimation on Pocket Drones.
CoRR
Kimberly McGuire, Guido C. H. E. de Croon, Christophe De Wagter, Bart Remes, Karl Tuyls, Hilbert J. Kappen
2016 A* conf
Local histogram matching for efficient optical flow computation applied to velocity estimation on pocket drones.
ICRA
Kimberly McGuire, Guido C. H. E. de Croon, Christophe De Wagter, Bart Remes, Karl Tuyls, Hilbert J. Kappen
2016 J jnl
Obstacle Avoidance Strategy using Onboard Stereo Vision on a Flapping Wing MAV.
CoRR
Sjoerd Tijmons, Guido de Croon, Bart Remes, Christophe De Wagter, Max Mulder
2016 A conf
Performance evaluation in obstacle avoidance.
IROS
Clint Nous, Roland Meertens, Christophe De Wagter, Guido de Croon
2016 A conf
Self-supervised monocular distance learning on a lightweight micro air vehicle.
IROS
Kevin Lamers, Sjoerd Tijmons, Christophe De Wagter, Guido de Croon
2015 A* conf
Attitude and altitude estimation and control on board a Flapping Wing Micro Air Vehicle.
ICRA
J. L. Verboom, Sjoerd Tijmons, Christophe De Wagter, B. D. W. Remes, Robert Babuska, Guido C. H. E. de Croon
2015 A conf
Optical flow for self-supervised learning of obstacle appearance.
IROS
Hann Woei Ho, Christophe De Wagter, B. D. W. Remes, Guido C. H. E. de Croon
2015 J jnl
Optical-Flow based Self-Supervised Learning of Obstacle Appearance applied to MAV Landing.
CoRR
Hann Woei Ho, Christophe De Wagter, B. D. W. Remes, Guido C. H. E. de Croon
2014 A* conf
Autonomous flight of a 20-gram Flapping Wing MAV with a 4-gram onboard stereo vision system.
ICRA
Christophe De Wagter, Sjoerd Tijmons, B. D. W. Remes, Guido C. H. E. de Croon
2012 J jnl
Sub-sampling: Real-time vision for micro air vehicles.
Robotics Auton. Syst.
Guido C. H. E. de Croon, Christophe De Wagter, B. D. W. Remes, Rick Ruijsink
2012 J jnl
The Appearance Variation Cue for Obstacle Avoidance.
IEEE Trans. Robotics
Guido C. H. E. de Croon, E. de Weerdt, Christophe De Wagter, B. D. W. Remes, Rick Ruijsink
2010 — conf
The appearance variation cue for obstacle avoidance.
ROBIO
Guido C. H. E. de Croon, E. de Weerdt, Christophe De Wagter, B. D. W. Remes