The selections for the formation of the first Federico II student team are open, the PRISMA Drone Team that will participate in some of the main national and international competitions in the Urban Air Mobility sector.
Professor Vincenzo Lippiello, scientific director of the PRISMA robotics laboratory (https://prisma.dieti.unina.it/) and creator of the initiative, regarding the potential of urban aerial mobility, explains that "After the success of self-driving cars autonomous, Urban Air Mobility has become the new frontier of international research and development with millionaire investments and career opportunities on all continents. The concept of Urban Air Mobility actually goes beyond simple passenger transport with AeroTaxi because it opens up to other areas of application such as support for emergency services, the transport of blood and organs, but also traffic or infrastructure monitoring. , public safety and obviously the transport of goods ".
The goal of the initiative is to train young students passionate in the field of autonomous driving and artificial intelligence to build a team with an interdisciplinary character. The main skills needed by the group being formed are those in the fields of information technology, artificial intelligence, automation, robotics, image and signal processing, mechatronics.
The first test bench for the PRISMA Drone Team will be the next edition of the Leonardo Drone Contest (https://www.leonardo.com/it/innovation-technology/open-innovation/drone-contest), which will see seven of the most important Italian universities in the next three years. In the international arena, the team will be called to participate in thematic competitions organized on the occasion of the ICRA and ICUAS international conferences, or by foreign bodies and institutions, as for example in the recent past the Khalifa University Robotics Competition, the Dubai World Challenge, the DARPA Challenge and many others.
The launch phase will initially be supported by the PRISMA Lab, a leading international group for aerial robotics with 8 European projects active in the last 10 years, which will provide drones, components, equipment and the FLARE https flight arena https://prisma.dieti.unina.it/index.php/facilities/flying-arena.
Students interested in the initiative can contact Professor Vincenzo Lippiello by writing to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..