Pascual Campoy Cervera

Pascual Campoy Cervera is a Full Professor at the Universidad Politécnica de Madrid (UPM) and holds visiting professor positions at Delft University of Technology, Tongji University, and Queensland University of Technology. His work focuses on Control Systems, Machine Learning, and Computer Vision for Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs). As Principal Investigator of the Computer Vision and Aerial Robotics group at UPM's Center for Automation and Robotics (CAR), he has led over 40 R&D projects with European, national, and industrial funding.

• Current affiliations: UPM, TU Delft, CAR-UPM
• Research themes: UAV autonomy, swarm robotics, embedded vision systems

His research integrates cutting-edge technologies in image processing, control theory, and artificial intelligence to enhance UAV capabilities in unstructured environments. Recent projects include:

• Autonomous firefighting systems
• High-speed drone racing frameworks
• Swarm-based solar farm inspection
• Thrust vectoring for heavy UAVs

Notable scientific awards include multiple international prizes at UAV competitions (IMAV12–17). His team has developed the Aerostack and Aerostack2 frameworks for aerial robotics, which address execution control, mission planning, and sensor fusion challenges.