Beyond the papers

FalconApp screenshots
IROS 2026 Workshop

FalconApp

Two minutes of phone video to a trained perception model, then live inference on the phone.

FalconGame
Simulator for pilots

FalconGame

Fly the photorealistic twin by hand, with every gate crossing scored in 3D.

SCSP AI+Expo 2026
SCSP AI+Expo 2026

Autonomous drone racing in Washington, DC

Camera and IMU only, all seven gates. Distinguished Drone Operations Award.

Collaborators

Core
Contributors
Hanna Chen
Hanna Chen
ECE MS
Jimmy Lee
Jimmy Lee
ECE Undergrad
Noah Giles
Noah Giles
ECE PhD
Abhishek Pai
Abhishek Pai
ECE PhD
Will Shen
Will Shen
ECE MS
Karteek Gandiboyina
Karteek Gandiboyina
Robotics MS
Ege Yuceel
Ege Yuceel
ECE PhD
Hideki Okamoto
Hideki Okamoto
Toyota R&D
Dr. Bardh Hoxha
Dr. Bardh Hoxha
Toyota R&D
Dr. Georgios Fainekos
Dr. Georgios Fainekos
Toyota R&D
Yan Miao
YM

Yan Miao

PhD candidate, ECE, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign · advised by Sayan Mitra

Photorealistic digital twins for vision-based aerial autonomy: simulation, sim-to-real transfer, perception, and safe evaluation on real flight hardware.