Outdoor
- CWB Lions, China
- AeroStorks, France
- ENAC Paparazzi, France
Indoor
- HORYZN, Germany
- CWB Lions, China
- BIT UNIC, China
The full rankings are on the IMAV2026 competition results page.
Best Paper Award in Methods and Algorithms
Winner: Actuator Nonlinear Fault-Tolerant Control of a Fast-Spinning Quadrotor with Loss of Two Opposing Rotors
T.M.L. De Ponti, E.J.J. Smeur and B.W.D. Remes, TU Delft, the Netherlands
Finalists:
- Variable Admittance Control for Obstacle Separation in Aerial Manipulation
P.H.M. Souza, K. Stol and I. Hafez, University of Auckland, New Zealand - Online Wind Field Estimation for Airborne Wind Energy Systems in Circular Flight
J. Harzer, F. Renard, K. Polkläser, D. Moormann and M. Diehl, University of Freiburg and Aachen, Germany - Actuator Nonlinear Fault-Tolerant Control of a Fast-Spinning Quadrotor with Loss of Two Opposing Rotors
T.M.L. De Ponti, E.J.J. Smeur and B.W.D. Remes, TU Delft, the Netherlands - Weitflug: A Research-Oriented Fork of Betaflight for Agile Autonomous Flight
J. Klimont, J. Buchsteiner, A. Lampalzer and R. Grosu, TU Vienna, Austria
Best Paper Award in Systems and Applications
Winner: Precision Home Landing for Bee-Nav Robot Navigation
D. Ou, Q. Missinne, C. De Wagter and G.C.H.E. de Croon, TU Delft, the Netherlands
Finalists:
- Weitflug: A Research-Oriented Fork of Betaflight for Agile Autonomous Flight
J. Klimont, J. Buchsteiner, A. Lampalzer and R. Grosu, TU Vienna, Austria - A Structure-Aware Reactive Motion Planner for Autonomous Nano-UAV Navigation in Confined 3D Tunnels Using Minimal Range Sensing
A. Asignacion Jr and S. Suzuki, Chiba University, Japan - Downscaling Autonomous Navigation of Tiny Drones under Dense Forest Canopies
A. Zwanenburg and S. Hamaza, TU Delft, the Netherlands
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