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Welcome to the homepage of the Flight Robotics and Perception Group (FRPG), located within the Institute of Flight Mechanics and Controls (iFR) at the University of Stuttgart.
FRPG's research advances the field of Intelligent Aerial Robotics, with the overarching goal of enabling autonomous aerial systems that can perceive, reason, and act reliably in complex, dynamic
real-world environments. We study perception-based autonomy, where perception is not merely a sensing component but an active driver of decision-making and control. Through this perspective, we
tightly couple robot perception, learning, planning, and control to create aerial robots that can adapt, coordinate, and operate safely under uncertainty while respecting real-world resource,
computational, and physical limitations.
FRPG investigates fundamental theoretical and methodological questions in
- Robot perception
- Multi-robot decision-making and control
- Robot learning
These advances translate into field-ready autonomous aerial robots capable of long-duration, resource-efficient, and safe operation. Beyond robotics research itself, our work enables impactful applications in environmental monitoring, ecology, and conservation, and extends naturally to domains such as precision agriculture, infrastructure inspection, logistics, and emergency response, where autonomous aerial systems can deliver tangible societal benefit.
Impressions of FRPG
FRPG Team (2018 to present)
Information for prospective Postdoc, PhD, Master or Bachelor students, interns and research assistants.
- Bachelor/Master Students
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- We usually offer many Master positions in our group. Please see the 'Open Positions' page for the announcements. You can directly mail me or one of my PhD students for those open positions or if you are generally interested in any of our research areas or projects.
- Master and Bachelor Thesis -- Students from the University of Stuttgart should write to me directly on my university e-mail with subject line [Bewerbung für Bachelorarbeit oder Masterarbeit]. If you are an external student, please note that we cannot fund travel/stay in Stuttgart for Master or Bachelor thesis work.
- HiWi Positions -- Please apply to me directly on my university e-mail with subject line [Bewerbung für HiWiStelle]
- Interns (PhD or Bachelor/Master) -- Please note that I can usually offer only a few internship positions during summer. Thus, please send me an application by email with a good project plan, fitting to one of our research projects (find those on this website), for the duration you would like the internship to be. Please avoid using template emails. I may not be able to reply a generic email for internship which does not contain a project plan.
- Prospective PhD Students
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- If you are looking for a PhD position, please note that I also hire doctoral students through the IMPRS-IS program, in addition to hiring directly. When applying through IMPRS, please drop me an email stating that. Otherwise, directly apply to me by sending your CV, transcripts, motivation letter and the names of 2-3 referees whom I can ask for a reference letter (confidentially).
- Prospective postdocs
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- You can write to me directly with a project plan, CV and names of 2-3 referees. I highly encourage postdocs to apply for fellowships such as Marie Curie Postdoc Fellowships or
Humboldt Fellowship to obtain 3rd party funding. In these cases, I can offer to be the host.
- You can write to me directly with a project plan, CV and names of 2-3 referees. I highly encourage postdocs to apply for fellowships such as Marie Curie Postdoc Fellowships or
Humboldt Fellowship to obtain 3rd party funding. In these cases, I can offer to be the host.