Agile Robotics And Perception Lab
UC Berkeley, Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences
The agile robotics and perception lab performs fundamental and applied research in the area of robotics autonomy. The main mission of the lab is to create agile autonomous machines that can navigate all by themselves using only on-board sensors in unstructured, and dynamically changing environments and without relying on external infrastructure, such as GPS or motion capture systems. The machines need to be active, they should collaborate with humans and between each other and they need to navigate in the unknown environment extracting the best knowledge from it.
The lab has been founded by Prof. Giuseppe Loianno and is located in UC Berkeley.
news
| Aug 27, 2025 | ARPL has moved to UC Berkeley! |
|---|---|
| Apr 15, 2025 | We will be presenting a record number of 10 papers at ICRA 2025. |
| Mar 20, 2025 | We are organizing the ICRA 2025 workshop “25 Years of Aerial Robotics”. |
| Sep 21, 2024 | Giuseppe Loianno is featured in the Wall Street Journal article “It’s the Year 2030. What Will Artificial Intelligence Look Like?”. |
| Sep 14, 2024 | Giuseppe Loianno is invited to give a keynote talk at IROS 2024 on “Enhancing Aerial Autonomy through Agility and Collaboration”. |
| May 10, 2024 | Our paper “Spatial Assisted Human‑Drone Collaborative Navigation and Interaction through Immersive Mixed Reality” is selected as an ICRA 2024 Best Paper finalist! |
| Apr 12, 2024 | Guanrui Li receives the NYU University‑wide Outstanding Dissertation Award in Science and Technology. |
| Mar 01, 2024 | We are organizing the workshop “Bio‑inspired, Soft, and Other Novel Design Paradigms for Aerial Robotics” at ICRA 2024. |
| Feb 08, 2024 | Our work on “Learning to Fly in Seconds” has been featured on IEEE Spectrum! |
| Sep 06, 2023 | Giuseppe Loianno is named IEEE RAS Robotics and Automation Letters Senior Editor! |
| Jun 20, 2023 | We are organizing the workshop “Learning Robot Super Autonomy” at IROS 2023. |
| Feb 15, 2023 | Giuseppe Loianno is selected as a Rising Star in AI by KAUST! |
| Oct 26, 2022 | Giuseppe Loianno receives the IROS 2022 Toshio Fukuda Young Professional Award in recognition of contributions to perception‑based navigation for agile autonomous aerial and ground robots. |
| Sep 29, 2022 | Giuseppe Loianno receives the DARPA Young Faculty Award to develop the next generation of agile and collaborative robots! |
| May 26, 2022 | Giuseppe Loianno receives the ICRA 2022 Conference Editorial Board Outstanding Associate Editor Award. |
| May 20, 2022 | Our paper “Learning Model Predictive Control for Quadrotors” is selected as an ICRA 2022 Outstanding Deployed Systems Paper finalist! |
| Apr 22, 2022 | Giuseppe Loianno receives the NSF CAREER Award to develop the next generation of autonomous agile robots! |
| Oct 29, 2021 | Our work on autonomous firefighting robots has been featured in Scientific American, aiming to make this solution accessible to everyone! |
| Sep 20, 2021 | Our lab, together with colleagues at NYU, will have a strong presence at IROS 2021 with a record number of papers! |
| Jul 01, 2021 | Giuseppe Loianno is General Chair of the IEEE International Symposium on Safety, Security, and Rescue Robotics (SSRR) 2021 to be held at NYU in New York on 25–27 October 2021! |
| Jun 20, 2021 | Giuseppe Loianno (NYU), together with Davide Scaramuzza (UZH) and Sertac Karaman (MIT), is organizing the workshop “Integrated Perception, Learning, and Control for Agile Autonomous Vehicles” at IROS 2021. |
| May 28, 2021 | Our work on “Cooperative Transportation using Monocular Camera and IMU” has been featured on IEEE Spectrum! |
| May 14, 2021 | Our lab, together with colleagues at NYU, will have a strong presence at ICRA 2021 with a record number of papers! |
| May 12, 2021 | Giuseppe Loianno (NYU) is organizing the workshop “Resilient and Long‑Term Autonomy for Aerial Robotic Systems” at ICRA 2021. |
| Mar 11, 2021 | Our upcoming ICRA 2021 work “PCMPC: Perception‑Constrained Model Predictive Control for Quadrotors with Suspended Loads using a Single Camera and IMU” has been featured on IEEE Spectrum! |
| Oct 09, 2020 | Giuseppe Loianno (NYU), together with Davide Scaramuzza (RPG) and Sertac Karaman (MIT), is organizing the workshop “Perception, Learning, and Control for Agile Autonomous Vehicles” at IROS 2020. |
| Feb 28, 2020 | The ARPL wins the MBZIRC 2020 competition in Abu Dhabi! |
| Feb 20, 2020 | The ARPL is participating in the MBZIRC 2020 competition in Abu Dhabi. |
| Apr 30, 2019 | Giuseppe Loianno (NYU) is organizing with Davide Scaramuzza (RPG) the workshop “Challenges in Vision‑based Drones Navigation” at IROS 2019. |
| Apr 25, 2019 | Giuseppe Loianno is invited to talk at the Brooklyn 5G Summit about non‑terrestrial networks. |
| Mar 29, 2019 | Giuseppe Loianno is invited to give a talk at the University of Maryland College Park for the Robotics and Computer Vision seminar (event link). |
| Feb 04, 2019 | Giuseppe Loianno is invited to give a talk at the International Symposium on Robotics and Artificial Intelligence 2019 in Abu Dhabi. |
| Dec 20, 2018 | ARPL is organizing a workshop at ICRA 2019 — “The Future of Aerial Robotics: Challenges and Opportunities”. |
| Nov 29, 2018 | Giuseppe Loianno is invited to give a talk at the NYC Media Lab annual event Exploring Future Reality (event page). |
| Oct 20, 2018 | Giuseppe Loianno is Program Chair of the IEEE International Symposium on Search, Safety and Rescue Robotics (SSRR) 2019. |
| Oct 14, 2018 | Giuseppe Loianno receives the National Italian American Foundation Young Investigator (NIAF) Award. |
| Oct 10, 2018 | The workshop “Vision‑based Drones: What’s Next?” at IROS 2018 organized by Giuseppe Loianno (NYU), Davide Scaramuzza (RPG), and Vijay Kumar (UPenn) had over 200 attendees. |
| Sep 20, 2018 | Our latest work is featured on IEEE Spectrum, DigitalTrends, DroneLife, TheDrive, The New Stack, DIY Photography, TECH BRIEFS, Impact Lab, and Robotic Gizmos. See one of the coverage articles here. |
