PhD in Robotics & AI | Established Intelligent Drone Laboratory @ Federation University

May 2022 - Jun 2025

PhD in Robotics & AI | Established Intelligent Drone Laboratory @ Federation University
Author
Binh Nguyen
Apr 30, 2022

As part of my PhD in Robotics & AI at Federation University (May 2022 - Jun 2025), I established the Intelligent Drone Laboratory, the first indoor flight facility at the university, later featured on 7News and Federation University, from concept to fully operational testing and validation infrastructure. Built Brotor, a custom quadrotor research platform to support real-time trajectory planning research in cluttered environments.

Please refer to Publications for details on the research outcomes.

Intelligent Drone Laboratory

The first and only indoor flight facility at Federation University, established from scratch to support testing and validation of autonomous aerial systems.

Lab workbench Lab workbench — electronics Lab flight area Lab testing

Brotor, an experimental quadrotor platform for research

Named by combining “Bro” (from Brother) and “tor” (from quadrotor), Brotor represents more than just a research platform, it’s a companion in my robotics journey. Built entirely from scratch as a custom solution rather than using commercial platforms, enabling quick iterations and modifications during research in real-time trajectory planning for cluttered environments.

Brotor front view Brotor side view Brotor in flight

Brotor 330 - Successor for swarming research

Brotor 330