LARICS

ICUAS 2026 UAV Competition is back! 🚁 📍 Corfu, Greece 📌 Multi-UAV teams, urban scenarios, communication networks & CBRNe challenges. More info: github.com/larics/icuas26…

ARTEMIS project kick-off! Led by FER (DACE, DEEM, DHEP, DTEL) with partners MARBLE, PFRI, Visage Technologies, Iskra Shipyard Šibenik & DOK-ING. The goal: allow continuous monitoring with minimal environmental impact while improving operational efficiency & reducing emissions.

LARICS at #MUZZA (SEECEL)! 🤖 Visitors explored our projects, flew #Crazyflie drones and met the star of the show: #Unitree Go2 Air 🐕 Always great to share robotics in a hands-on way and inspire the next generation 🚀 #robotics #STEM

New project launched: ARTEMIS! 💪 LARICS is working on autonomous robots for environmental monitoring, combining UGVs, USVs, UAVs & solar-powered systems. The project is supported by DOK-ING & Iskra Šibenik shipyard. Find out more: bit.ly/ARTEMIS_LARICS

Congratulations to our Dario Stuhne on defending his PhD thesis! 🎓 His work, “Underactuated Robot Tools with Passive Elements for Improved Manipulation Capabilities”, focuses on enhancing robotic manipulation through innovative tool design and passive elements. 👏👏👏

📢 New LARICS paper in IEEE Access! We present a model-based method for optimising grasping using a soft Fin-Ray gripper, combining physics-based modelling (beam theory) with a novel contact score metric. What a fine day to read it: ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/11450…

🚀 LARICS is part of the DRAGON project! Together with ORQA, Hrvatski Telekom & Avyonx, we’re developing 5G-powered autonomous drone systems for critical infrastructure monitoring. Find out more: bit.ly/DRAGON_LARICS #robotics #UAV #5G

LARICS supported #CodePlay, a three-day high school competition at FER, organised by #EESTEC Electrical Engineering Students’ European Association. Through programming and electronics challenges, students explored the world of engineering with the help of #FER mentors. 🚀

📢 New publication alert! A LARICS research paper is LIVE at IJCAS! Check it out: bit.ly/LARICSPaper126

📰Jutarnji list features Dr Antonella Barišić Kulaš (LARICS & FER), highlighting her work in aerial robotics and the mentorship of Prof Marija Glibo-Čuljak that shaped her early passion for science. Proud to see Antonella's journey recognised through "You were my inspiration"!❤️

On Jan 29, S. Bogdan (LARICS), L. Greblo (Avyonx) & R. Milijaš (MARBLE) held a UAV workshop in Vrbovec as part of “PIR: promatraj, istražuj, rasti (Observe, Explore, Grow).” Participants explored drone tech trends & watched live FPV flight demos! Happy to be a part of it! 🙌

Our TNSE paper “Consensus-Based Distributed Connectivity Control in Multi-Agent Systems” is now among the most popular articles in IEEE Transactions on Network Science and Engineering! 👏 🔗 ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/96748… Congrats to the team! 🥳

The #UpLineproject wrapped up with the final workshops & live demos (Jan 13–16) at HEP’s Training Center in Velika. Autonomous drone inspection, great discussions with HEP-ODS, and continued strong collaboration!⚡

Assoc. Prof. Matko Orsag appointed Deputy Member of the expert working group for Croatia’s National Industry Development Plan 2027–2034. We're beyond proud of this achievement! 🥳

Wishing you a joyful Christmas and a New Year full of inspiration & exciting challenges. ❤️ See you in 2026! 🤖

Prof. Matko Orsag from #LARICS will be on HRT3’s Znanstveni koncentrat on Monday from 1PM CET! 🎙️ Talking #ESA messages, Europe’s #space future, #FER’s projects, FERSat and Croatia’s place in the space ecosystem. Don’t miss it! 🙌 #SpaceTech

Our new #Unitree Go2 Air quadruped robot has arrived! 🐾 🤖 It will play a key role in the #POSEIDON project by exploring areas unreachable by drones and supporting multi-robot autonomy at sea. #Robotics #UnitreeGo2

We received the Best Paper Award at #MRS2025! 🚀 🏅 Huge congratulations to Khawaja, Marijana, Frano & Matko — and thanks to the whole community in Singapore for the support and inspiration. 🙌

We have a Best Paper Award finalist, and we'll present it at #IEEEMRS2025 #Singapore! 🚀 We introduced a decentralised, energy-efficient approach to extending UAV communication networks using perching and switching control. Props to the #LARICS team. ❤️ #DroneEnthusiasts #UAVs

Don't miss out on this opportunity to learn more about the exciting world of robotics and UAVs! Buy your tickets now at entrio.hr/event/droneday… 🎟️👨‍🎓 #DroneEnthusiasts #Robotics #UAVs #Lectures #LearningOpportunity #Technology #Innovation #Entertainment #Networking #DroneDays2023"

Learn about the latest results achieved by the Multi-robot Systems group, including indoor documentation of large historical objects, autonomous firefighting drones, and fully autonomous flying robots for hunting unauthorized drones.

"Are you ready to learn from the best? 🤔 Our first two speakers for the drone lecture series have been confirmed and they're top-notch experts in the field!