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Christian Lanegger is a roboticist pushing the boundaries of what aerial robots can achieve in construction, specializing in **aerial physical interaction, precision manipulation, and infrastructure inspection**. His work directly tackles the challenge of enabling drones to perform high-precision construction tasks—such as drilling, grinding, and marking—on vertical walls and ceilings, operations traditionally requiring dangerous manual labor at height. Lanegger’s major contributions include the design of novel, compliant end-effectors and control systems that allow aerial robots to achieve millimeter-scale accuracy during in-flight tasks, a feat demonstrated in his most-cited work, "A Perching and Tilting Aerial Robot for Precise and Versatile Power Tool Work on Vertical Walls" (16 citations). He further advanced the field by developing robust state estimation and navigation techniques to transition these capabilities from controlled labs to realistic environments, as shown in "Chasing millimeters" (10 citations). His research on "Freetures" also introduced a novel localization method using Signed Distance Function maps to reduce drift. With a growing citation record and a focus on solving real-world, high-impact problems, Lanegger is a leading voice in the emerging field of aerial construction robotics.