Sergei Lupashin

Sergei Lupashin (born 1984 in Russia, lived in Russia, USA, Switzerland) is a systems engineer, student and researcher at ETH Zurich. Sergei studied Electrical & Computer Engineering at Cornell University, USA. He is currently working on the Flying Machine Arena and the Balancing Cube projects, currently under development at ETH Zurich. Previously he has worked on research-oriented initiatives ranging from robotic soccer
(RoboCup) to full-scale autonomous cars (on empty desert roads for the 2005 DARPA Grand Challenge and on busy city roads with other human/robot cars for the 2007 Urban Challenge).

The Flying Machine Arena is a fully autonomous >1000-cubic meter installation comprised of numerous flying vehicles executing challenging coordinated aerobatic maneuvers in a controlled indoor environment. The project seeks to provide a robust and versatile platform for research in control engineering while at the same time demonstrating and inspiring others about the aesthetic possibilities of today's robotic technology.