In this episode, we dive into the world of flying robots with Davide Scaramuzza (University of Zürich), a leading expert in vision-based navigation, agile drone racing, perception-aware control, and the cutting-edge neuromorphic technology of event cameras. We explore the challenges of autonomous navigation in GPS-denied environments, the excitement of drone racing, the future of robotics, and the revolutionary potential of event-based cameras. Outline 00:58 - Magic 02:58 - Visual SLAM and autonomous driving 05:32 - Flying without a GPS 11:01 - sFly project - Vision-based autonomous flight 18:14 - Next steps 22:30 - Drone racing and agile flying 51:30 - Perception-aware control 58:47 - On robustness 1:02:46 - Risk-aware control and illumination 1:07:52 - Event-based cameras 1:15:37 - Agile flying  with event-based cameras 1:19:28 - Event-based control and neuromorphic technology 1:25:42 - Future of robotics 1:30:55 - Advice to future students Links - Davide’s website: https://rpg.ifi.uzh.ch/people_scaramuzza.html - Copperfield at Niagara Falls: https://tinyurl.com/4wydc2s3 - Ambitious card: https://tinyurl.com/5723kf8s - R. Siegwart: https://tinyurl.com/mr3sn472 - sFly project: https://tinyurl.com/43hrffcx - DARPA challenge: https://tinyurl.com/5n7dnkmz - PTAM: https://tinyurl.com/epypbbmz - ROS: https://www.ros.org/ - Acado: https://acado.github.io/ - Drone racer - Nature paper: https://tinyurl.com/2rws2pjm - Drone racing - video: https://t.co/g9ckjV3O3N - Drone racing league: https://www.drl.io/ - Time-optimal MPCC: https://tinyurl.com/3udn5raf - Event-based vision: https://rpg.ifi.uzh.ch/research_dvs.html - T. Delbruck: https://tinyurl.com/4acymkxf - Event-based vision: a survey: https://tinyurl.com/2hwcmk9t - Event based vision and control paper: Support the showPodcast info Podcast website: https://www.incontrolpodcast.com/ Apple Podcasts: https://tinyurl.com/5n84j85j Spotify: https://tinyurl.com/4rwztj3c RSS: https://tinyurl.com/yc2fcv4y Youtube: https://tinyurl.com/bdbvhsj6 Facebook: https://tinyurl.com/3z24yr43 Twitter: https://twitter.com/IncontrolP Instagram: https://tinyurl.com/35cu4kr4 Acknowledgments and sponsors This episode was supported by the National Centre of Competence in Research on «Dependable, ubiquitous automation» and the IFAC Activity fund. The podcast benefits from the help of an incredibly talented and passionate team. Special thanks to L. Seward, E. Cahard, F. Banis, F. Dörfler, J. Lygeros, ETH studio and mirrorlake . Music was composed by A New Element.