Erdinç Altuğ

Erdinç Altuğ serves as a Professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at Istanbul Technical University, specializing in advanced aerial robotics and control systems. His work bridges theoretical control methodologies with practical UAV applications.

Research interests focus on

• Unmanned Aerial Vehicle design and fault tolerance
• Quadcopter dynamics and vertical takeoff systems
• Adaptive control for parametric variations
• Rapid prototyping of hybrid VTOL platforms

His recent publications demonstrate consistent innovation in autonomous flight systems, particularly in fault-tolerant operational modal analysis and modular multi-drone configurations.

Current projects include:

• Hibrit İnsansız Hava Aracı Ile Otonom Teslimat Sistemi Geliştirilmesi (TUBITAK, 2020-2022)
• Mini Jet Motorlu Dikine Kalkıp İnebilen Otonom Taşıyıcı Robot Geliştirilmesi (TUBITAK, 2018-2021)
• Kampüs içi ve bina içi ortamlarda çalışacak otonom taşıma aracı algoritmaları (SRP, 2018-2021)

Supervising 26 graduate works, his research impacts both academic and industrial UAV development.