It’s that time of year again! ICRA 2026 (IEEE International Conference on Robotics & Automation) is just around the corner, and this year we’re heading to Vienna. We couldn’t be more excited about this one: Vienna is an incredible city, and we’ve been working on some things we can’t wait to share.
June 1–5, 2026. Come find us!
A reproducible testbed for aerial robotics research
We will be running a live autonomous flight system based on the Crazyflie platform.
The focus is not the flight itself, but what it enables. The system provides a controlled indoor environment where experiments can be repeated, variables isolated, and results compared over time.
This is aligned with how aerial robotics research is actually conducted: iteration speed, reproducibility, and observability matter more than scale in early and mid-stage research. Our platform is designed around those constraints.
Autonomous indoor flight for controlled experimentation
The setup demonstrates autonomous flight under conditions that remain stable across runs.
This allows researchers to evaluate control strategies, perception pipelines, and multi-robot coordination without environmental noise dominating results. It also reduces costs and operational overhead compared to larger platforms, which changes how frequently experiments can be run.
In practice, this makes it feasible to move from idea to validated result faster and with clearer insight into failure modes.
Used in swarm robotics, control, and physical AI research
The Crazyflie platform is used across domains such as swarm robotics, learning-based control, SLAM, and human–robot interaction.
It has been referenced in hundreds of peer-reviewed publications and is often used as a bridge between simulation and larger systems. The value is not in representing the final deployment environment, but in enabling rigorous, comparable experimentation at low cost and risk.
If you are working in these areas, we are interested in how your setup is structured and where constraints appear.
Share your work with us
If you are presenting work that involves the Crazyflie, we would like to see it.
Even better, if you do not need your poster after your session, bring it by the booth! We collect and display these as part of the broader body of work built on the platform. We will make sure it is appreciated properly.
Meet us at ICRA 2026
One of our favourite things about ICRA is getting to meet the community in person, hearing about your research, seeing what you’ve built with the Crazyflie, and exchanging ideas with people who are just as excited about small flying robots as we are. Whether you want to chat about your research, see the demo up close, or just catch up, our booth is the place to be. We love hearing about all the cool projects you’re working on with the Crazyflie, so don’t be shy!
If you are working with the Crazyflie, evaluating platforms, or exploring new research directions, stop by booth 91. You can also reach out at contact@bitcraze.io to schedule time.