Roger Vila Cano

Center for Advanced Aerospace Technologies

Papers

Total Citations

416

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About

Roger Vila Cano is a leading figure in aerial robotics, specializing in the control and coordination of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) equipped with robotic manipulators. His foundational work has addressed the critical challenge of stabilizing multirotor platforms while they perform precise, dynamic tasks with attached arms. His most influential paper, “Control of an aerial robot with multi-link arm for assembly tasks” (258 citations), introduced a Variable Parameter Integral Backstepping controller to compensate for the arm’s motion, enabling stable flight during manipulation. He further advanced the field with “A multilayer control for multirotor UAVs equipped with a servo robot arm” (158 citations), which proposed a novel layered architecture to decouple flight control from arm dynamics, significantly improving real-world applicability. These contributions have laid the groundwork for aerial physical interaction, assembly, and inspection tasks. With over 400 combined citations on his top works, Vila Cano’s research is essential reading for anyone exploring aerial manipulation, offering both theoretical rigor and practical control solutions that continue to inspire new generations of flying robots.